Evolutionary Specialization of Tactile Perception in Vertebrates

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Journal Physiology (Bethesda)

Specialty Physiology

Date 2016 Apr 8

PMID 27053733

Citations 23

Authors

Eve R Schneider

Elena O Gracheva

Slav N Bagriantsev

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Abstract

Evolution has endowed vertebrates with the remarkable tactile ability to explore the world through the perception of physical force. Yet the sense of touch remains one of the least well understood senses at the cellular and molecular level. Vertebrates specializing in tactile perception can highlight general principles of mechanotransduction. Here, we review cellular and molecular adaptations that underlie the sense of touch in typical and acutely mechanosensitive vertebrates.

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