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Evidence for increased olfactory receptor gene repertoire size in two nocturnal bird species with well-developed olfactory ability
BACKGROUND: In vertebrates, the molecular basis of the sense of smell is encoded by members of a large gene family, namely olfactory receptor (OR) genes. Both the total number of OR genes and the proportion of intact OR genes in a genome may indicate the importance of the sense of smell for an anima...
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BioMed Central
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2701422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19467156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-117 |