Evidence for increased olfactory receptor gene repertoire size in two nocturnal bird species with well-developed olfactory ability
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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 ind...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/117 |