The sea lamprey <it>Petromyzon marinus </it>genome reveals the early origin of several chemosensory receptor families in the vertebrate lineage
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In gnathostomes, chemosensory receptors (CR) expressed in olfactory epithelia are encoded by evolutionarily dynamic gene families encoding odorant receptors (OR), trace amine-associated receptors (TAAR), V1Rs and V2Rs. A limited numb...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-07-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/180 |