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The human tounge and taste.

a, Taste buds (left) are composed of 50–150 taste-receptor cells (TRCs) depending on the species, distributed across different papillae.

b, Recent molecular and functional data shown there is no tongue 'map' modalities are present in all areas of the tongue.

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Image reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature 444, 288-294 16 November 2006

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