It implies that globally optimal emission reduction strategy (i.e., multi-receptor optimization) would not penalize the sources of emission compared to locally optimal emission reduction strategy (i.e., single receptor optimization). (mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de)
For example, what is meant by a «pure sample» is quite different when you're looking at a trillion receptors on an instrument, as our collaborators do, compared to when you're looking at a single receptor, as we do. (sciencemag.org)
Not to science, though: the taste has recently been traced to a single receptor on the surface of cells on your tongue. (discovermagazine.com)