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Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference.
Enrico Bertolini, Daniel Münch, Justine Pascual, Noemi Sgammeglia, Matteo Bruzzone, Carlos Ribeiro, Thomas O Auer
Published: 202610.1038/s41586-025-09766-6
Abstract
Food choice is an important driver of speciation and invasion of novel ecological niches. However, we know little about the mechanisms leading to changes in dietary preference. Here we use three closely related species, Drosophila sechellia (Dsec), D…
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