Evidence for increased olfactory receptor gene repertoire size in two nocturnal bird species with well-developed olfactory ability

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; ECOLOGY; EMU; GENOME; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OSTRICH; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR GENE; RHEA; SMELLING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ODOR; PSITTACINE;

ANIMALIA; APTERYX AUSTRALIS; AVES; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; NESTOR MERIDIONALIS; NESTOR NOTABILIS; RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; GENOME; PALAEOGNATHAE; PSITTACIFORMES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SMELL;

EID: 67649604674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-117     Document Type: Article

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