Avian olfactory receptor gene repertoires: Evidence for a well-developed sense of smell in birds?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1649, 2008, Pages 2309-2317

  Steiger, Silke S ^a   Fidler, Andrew E ^b   Valcu, Mihai ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bird; Ecological adaptation; Nocturnality; Olfaction; Olfactory bulb; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; OLFACTION;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; APTERYX AUSTRALIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLACK COUCAL; BROWN KIWI; CENTROPUS GRILLII; CLADISTICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; FOWL; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HABROPTILUS; MALLARD; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR GENE; PAGODROMA NIVEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SMELLING; SNOW PETREL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; APTERYX AUSTRALIS; AVES; CENTROPUS GRILLII; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; EOLOPHUS ROSEICAPILLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; PAGODROMA NIVEA; SERINUS CANARIA; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51449094204     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0607     Document Type: Article

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