Sweet, bitter, savory: penguins lack three of the five basic tastes

Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 11:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A University of Michigan-led study of penguin genetics has concluded that the flightless aquatic birds lost three of the five basic vertebrate tastes—sweet, bitter and the savory, meaty taste known […]

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