The olfactory receptor gene family of marsupials

Marsupial Genetics and Genomics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 435-456

  Delbridge, Margaret L ^a   Mohammadi, Amir ^a   Graves, Jennifer A Marshall ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marsupials; Olfaction; Olfactory receptor genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892481640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9023-2_21     Document Type: Chapter

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