There are five basic taste modalities: bitter, sweet, umami [the savory taste of monosodium glutamate (MSG ], salty, and sour.
Here, all five basic taste modalities, sour, sweet, bitter, salt and umami, were investigated in cetaceans.
This is the first study to comprehensively examine the five basic taste modalities in cetaceans with extensive taxa sampling.
The five basic taste modalities in vertebrates are bitter, sweet, umami, sour, and salty (Lindemann 1996; Bachmanov and Beauchamp 2007).
Receptor genes for the five specific tastes were investigated among the major cetaceans and the five basic taste modalities were assessed in marine mammals.
Cetaceans appear to have lost four basic taste modalities including sour, sweet, umami, and the majority of the bitter taste sensation.
Five basic taste modalities, sour, sweet, bitter, salt, and umami, can be distinguished by humans and are fundamental for physical and ecological adaptations in mammals [ 13, 14].
Five basic taste modalities, sour, sweet, bitter, salt and umami, can be distinguished by humans and are fundamental for physical and ecological adaptations in mammals.
Each participant of both panels underwent an extensive 2-week program of taste tests on 13 pure compounds representing the five basic taste modalities (sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami).
They make two basic arguments.
