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

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references. === 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...

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Main Author: Stathopoulos, Sofia
Other Authors: Bishop, Jacqueline M
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11345