Cephalopod chemotactile sensation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
² Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
³ Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: nbellono@harvard.edu.

Corey A Allard et al. Curr Biol. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 23;33(20):R1081-R1082.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.011.

¹ Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
² Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
³ Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: nbellono@harvard.edu.

Abstract

Allard et al. describe the remarkable 'taste by touch' abilities of cephalopods, in particular octopuses.

Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.

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