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

• Main Authors: Philipp eHohenbrink (Author), Silke eDempewolf (Author), Elke eZimmermann (Author), Nicholas I. Mundy (Author), Ute eRadespiel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...