A comparison of reptilian and avian olfactory receptor gene repertoires: Species-specific expansion of group γ genes in birds

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 446-

  Steiger, Silke S ^a   Kuryshev, Vladimir Y ^a,b   Stensmyr, Marcus C ^c   Kempenaers, Bart ^a   Mueller, Jakob C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENE; REPTILE; SMELLING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FINCH; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; REPTILIA; SAUROPSIDA; SQUAMATA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FINCHES; GENOME; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350469047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-446     Document Type: Article

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