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鸟类中的气味受体的进化多样性和功能

Robert J Driver, Mona A Marie, Victoria J Ko

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
    |November 26, 2025
    PubMed
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    鸟类拥有大量的嗅觉受体 (OR),挑战了关于它们有限的嗅觉的先前假设. 基因转换显著塑造了这些鸟类的ORs,揭示了与哺乳动物的进化并行.

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