【单选题】

The author mentions the research performed on hamsters and rats most probably in order to
A．(A) demonstrate a case where the implications of the labeled-line hypothesis clearly do not hold

B．(B) show the limits of experimental inquiry in determining the role of the individual neuron in taste
C．(C) explain the necessity for determining the extent to which visual perception is analogous to gustatory perception
D．(D) provide further corroboration for the predictions made by the across-pattern model of taste neurology
E．(E) prove the salient differences between taste perception in humans and in animals