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Pattern of the Divergence of Olfactory Receptor Genes during Tetrapod Evolution

The olfactory receptor (OR) multigene family is responsible for the sense of smell in vertebrate species. OR genes are scattered widely in our chromosomes and constitute one of the largest gene families in eutherian genomes. Some previous studies revealed that eutherian OR genes diverged mainly duri...

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Autor principal: Kishida, Takushi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2435047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18568087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002385