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The olfactory receptor gene repertoires in secondary-adapted marine vertebrates: evidence for reduction of the functional proportions in cetaceans.
Biology letters - 22 Aug 2007
Kishida Takushi, Kubota Shin, Shirayama Yoshihisa, Fukami Hironobu
Abstract excerpt
An olfactory receptor (OR) multigene family is responsible for the well-developed sense of smell possessed by terrestrial tetrapods. Mammalian OR genes had diverged greatly in the terrestrial environment after the fish-tetrapod split, indicating their importance to land habitation. In this study,...
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