Genetic signatures for enhanced olfaction in the African mole-rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Stathopoulos, Sofia ^a   Bishop, Jacqueline M ^a   O'Ryan, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTION; EXTANT SPECIES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGAND BINDING; MOLE RAT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURIFYING SELECTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR GENE; SMELLING; AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ODOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

OLFACTORY RECEPTOR;

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLE RATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899433545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093336     Document Type: Article

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