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#Question id: 11483

Experiments with genetically altered mice showed that the mice would consume abnormally high amounts of bitter-tasting compounds in water after their ________.

#SCPH28 | Zoology

hormone receptors for digestive hormones were reduced or eliminated, showing that bitter tastes are reinforced by digestive responses
salt-taste cells were altered to express receptors for bitter tastants, suggesting that animals have unregulated salt appetites
visual sense was reduced or eliminated, suggesting that mice learn visual cues about bitter tastes
sweet-taste cells were altered to express receptors for bitter tastants, suggesting that the sensation of taste depends only on which taste cell is stimulated