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Taste and Smell in Acanthamoeba Feeding

Publication date: 26.05.2014

Acta Protozoologica, 2014, Volume 53, Issue 2, pp. 139 - 144

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.14.013.1594

Authors

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Naveed Ahmed Khan
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Junaid Iqbal
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Taste and Smell in Acanthamoeba Feeding

Abstract

The ability to detect food in the environment is an essential function among all living organisms and must have arisen at the beginning of life. The anatomical, morphological and molecular features involved in taste and smell may differ among disparate groups, but the principle of chemoreception is conserved. Here we debate the sense of taste and smell in the feeding behaviour of the unicellular protist, Acanthamoeba

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2014, Volume 53, Issue 2, pp. 139 - 144

Article type: Original article

Authors

Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Published at: 26.05.2014

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Naveed Ahmed Khan (Author) - 33%
Junaid Iqbal (Author) - 33%
Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui (Author) - 34%

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