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    • Understanding the genetic basis of OB structure is vital, given its links to neurological disorders.

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    • To investigate the heritability of olfactory bulb volume and olfactory network architecture.
    • To determine the extent to which OB structure is genetically determined.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a deep learning model for automated OB segmentation in 941 healthy young adults (twin pairs).
    • Employed support vector machine classification to assess zygosity based on morphological similarity.
    • Analyzed OB volume and associated olfactory network regions (hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, etc.).

    Main Results:

    • Olfactory bulb volume alone showed limited heritability.
    • Integrating OB volume with other olfactory network regions significantly improved genetic influence classification.
    • Genetic influences on the olfactory system are distributed across a network.

    Conclusions:

    • While the olfactory bulb is plastic, its structure is part of a genetically coordinated network.
    • Genetic factors influence the broader olfactory network, not just the OB in isolation.