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Unravelling the complexity of human olfactory receptor repertoire by copy number analysis across population using high resolution arrays.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Veerappa Avinash M, Vishweswaraiah Sangeetha, Lingaiah Kusuma, Murthy Megha, Manjegowda Dinesh S, Nayaka Radhika, Ramachandra Nallur B
Abstract excerpt
Olfactory receptors (OR), responsible for detection of odor molecules, belong to the largest family of genes and are highly polymorphic in nature having distinct polymorphisms associated with specific regions around the globe. Since there are no reports on the presence of copy number variations in OR repertoire of Indian population, the present investigation in 43 Indians along with 270 HapMap and 31 Tibetan...
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