Gustatory receptors are specialized in detecting

Taste

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Solution

The correct option is B Taste
Gustatory receptors are also called taste receptors. Taste receptors recognize five basic tastes such as salty, sour, sweet, bitter and umami. Salty and sour tastes are detected with the help of ion channels in the tongue. Sweet, bitter, and umami tastes are detected with the help of G protein-coupled taste receptors.
Thus the correct answer is option A.

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