Genetically-based olfactory signatures persist despite dietary variation.

Genetically-based olfactory signatures persist despite dietary variation.

Individual mice have a unique odor, or odortype, that facilitates individual recognition. Odortypes, like other phenotypes, can be influenced by genetic and environmental variation. The genetic influence derives in part from genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). A major environmental...

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Main Authors: Jae Kwak, Alan Willse, Koichi Matsumura, Maryanne Curran Opiekun, Weiguang Yi, George Preti, Kunio Yamazaki, Gary K Beauchamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2571990?pdf=render

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