A unified nomenclature for vertebrate olfactory receptors

A unified nomenclature for vertebrate olfactory receptors

Abstract Background Olfactory receptors (ORs) are G protein-coupled receptors with a crucial role in odor detection. A typical mammalian genome harbors ~ 1000 OR genes and pseudogenes; however, different gene duplication/deletion events have occurred in each species, resulting in complex orthology r...

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Main Authors: Tsviya Olender, Tamsin E. M. Jones, Elspeth Bruford, Doron Lancet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Olfaction
Nomenclature
Olfactory receptors
Orthologs
Paralogs
Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-01607-6

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