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Olfactory Receptor Multigene Family in Vertebrates: From the Viewpoint of Evolutionary Genomics

Olfaction is essential for the survival of animals. Diverse odor molecules in the environment are detected by the olfactory receptors (ORs) in the olfactory epithelium of the nasal cavity. There are ~400 and ~1,000 OR genes in the human and mouse genomes, respectively, forming the largest multigene...

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Autor principal: Niimura, Yoshihito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3308321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23024602
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138920212799860706