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Diversity in chemosensory receptor genes in dogs and wolves: degeneration of the olfactory receptor gene repertoire in the brachycephalic Pug.
Chemical senses - 22 Jan 2025
Inoue Hyuga, Gibbs Matthew, McGrane Scott J, Niimura Yoshihito
Abstract excerpt
Dogs, domesticated from gray wolves over 15,000 yr ago, exhibit extensive variation among breeds, including differences in olfactory ability. To investigate the genetic basis of these differences, we analyzed single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) in 3 chemosensory receptor gene families-olfactory receptors (ORs), vomeronasal receptors type 1 (V1Rs), and bitter taste receptors (T2Rs)-using whole-genome data from the...
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