About the Authors

Peihua Jiang

pjiang@monell.org

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jesusa Josue-Almqvist

Contributed equally to this work with: Jesusa Josue-Almqvist, Xuelin Jin

Current address: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xuelin Jin

Contributed equally to this work with: Jesusa Josue-Almqvist, Xuelin Jin

Affiliation Shaanxi Wild Animal Rescue and Research Center, Louguantai, China

Xia Li

Current address: Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Joseph G. Brand

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Robert F. Margolskee

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Danielle R. Reed

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gary K. Beauchamp

Affiliation Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJ XL JGB RFM DRR GKB. Performed the experiments: PJ JJ XJ XL. Analyzed the data: PJ DRR GKB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJ JJ XJ XL JGB RFM DRR GKB. Wrote the paper: PJ DRR GKB.