Evolutionary changes of the importance of olfaction in cetaceans based on the olfactory marker protein gene

Gene

Volumn 492, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 349-353

  Kishida, Takushi ^a   Thewissen, J G M ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic adaptation; Echolocation; Eocene whale; Filter feeder; OMP

Indexed keywords

OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CETACEA; ECHOLOCATION; FILTER FEEDER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CETACEA; OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SMELL;

CETACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84655167913     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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