The tangled history of olfaction in African mole-rats, Bathyergidae: insights from Olfactory Receptor genes

Doctoral Thesis

2012

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Stathopoulos, Sofia
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Bishop, Jacqueline M
O'Ryan, Colleen
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University of Cape Town

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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
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Faculty of Science
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Abstract
This thesis reports the first assessment of OR variation in Bathyergidae, and therefore, the first for a family of subterranean mammals. Using a PCR-sequencing approach, 178 unique OR sequences, corresponding to 119 unique OR genes are characterised from 14 mole-rat species. Bathyergidae OR genes are classified using sequence similarity and phylogenetic comparison with more than 50 mammalian OR subgenomes.
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Cell Biology

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Stathopoulos, S. 2012. The tangled history of olfaction in African mole-rats, Bathyergidae: insights from Olfactory Receptor genes. University of Cape Town.

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