Functional promiscuity in a mammalian chemosensory system: extensive expression of vomeronasal receptors in the main olfactory epithelium of mouse lemurs

Functional promiscuity in a mammalian chemosensory system: extensive expression of vomeronasal receptors in the main olfactory epithelium of mouse lemurs

The vomeronasal organ (VNO) is functional in most terrestrial mammals, though progressively reduced in the primate lineage, and is used for intraspecific communication and predator recognition. Vomeronasal receptor (VR) genes comprise two families of chemosensory genes (V1R and V2R) that have been c...

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Main Authors: Philipp eHohenbrink, Silke eDempewolf, Elke eZimmermann, Nicholas I. Mundy, Ute eRadespiel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Subjects:
Primate
Olfaction
Trpc2
V1R
V2R
VNO
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2014.00102/full

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