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. 2021 Dec 3;11(24):18011–18025. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8398

TABLE 1.

Summary of Tas1r gene family and functional prediction of umami/sweet taste in amphibian

Name Species Order Tas1r1 Tas1r2 Tas1r3 Umami (Tas1r1‐Tas1r3) Sweet (Tas1r2‐Tas1r3)
Leishan spiny toad Leptobrachium leishanense Anura 1 1 0 × ×
Mexican spadefoot toad Spea multiplicata Anura 2 1 1
African bullfrog Pyxicephalus adspersus Anura 2 1 0 × ×
American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus Anura 2 0 0 × ×
Common frog Rana temporaria Anura 2(1PS) 2(1PS) 2
Tibetan Plateau frog Nanorana parkeri Anura 2 0 2 (1PS) ×
Eastern banjo frog Limnodynastes dumerilii Anura 1 1 1
Strawberry poison frog Oophaga pumilio Anura 1 1 0 × ×
Asiatic toad Bufo gargarizans Anura 1 1 0 × ×
African clawed frog Xenopus laevis Anura 0 0 0 × ×
Western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis Anura 0 0 0 × ×
Two‐lined caecilian Rhinatrema bivittatum Gymnophiona 1 1 1
Gaboon caecilian Geotrypetes seraphini Gymnophiona 1 0 1 ×
Tiny cayenne caecilian Microcaecilia unicolor Gymnophiona 1 1 2

√, putative function; ×, putative disfunction.

Abbreviation: PS, Pseudogene.