... mechanisms governing taste cell formation and turnover. Taste buds Gustatory system Sonic hedgehog Wnt/β-catenin Cell lineage Molecular genetics Taste dysfunction Dysgeusia Ageusia Chemotherapy Stem cells Lingual organoids Gustation, or the sense of taste, allows us to distinguish...

... and genetic factors, making genetic analysis difficult. The new techniques of molecular genetics have allowed the successful chromosomal localization of mutant genes in disorders that show a simple Mendelian segregation, whether autosomal dominant (e.g. Huntington’s disease), autosomal recessive (cystic...