Procellariiform seabirds rely on their sense of smell for foraging and homing. Both genomes and transcriptomes yield important clues about how olfactory receptor (OR) subgenomes are shaped by natural and sexual selection, yet no transcriptomes have been made of any olfactory epithelium of any bird species thus far. Here, we assembled a high-quality genome and nasal epithelium transcriptome of the Leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) to extensively characterize their OR repertoire. Using a depth-of-coverage-assisted counting method, we estimated over 160 intact OR genes (∼500 including OR fragments). This method reveals the highest number of intact OR genes and the lowest proportion of pseudogenes compared to other waterbirds studied...
Abstract: Olfaction is essential for the survival of animals. Diverse odor molecules in the environm...
Avian chemical communication, once largely overlooked, is a growing field that has revealed the impo...
To increase fitness, a wide range of vertebrates preferentially mate with partners that are dissimil...
Olfactory receptors (ORs), encoded by the largest vertebrate multigene family, enable the detection ...
The sense of smell enables animals to e.g. locate food, to navigate or to avoid predators. In verteb...
It has been suggested that positive selection, in particular selection favoring a change in the prot...
Chemical communication has been understudied in vertebrates, but no group has been more overlooked t...
Olfactory receptors (ORs) govern a prime sensory function. Extant birds have distinct olfactory abil...
Olfaction is an evolutionary ancient sensation, and is the perception and interpretation of chemical...
Olfactory receptors (ORs) govern a prime sensory function. Extant birds have distinct olfactory abil...
Mate choice informed by the immune genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) may provide f...
BACKGROUND:The microbiome provides multiple benefits to animal hosts that can profoundly impact heal...
Mate choice informed by the immune genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) may provide f...
A growing body of evidence indicates that odors are used in individual, sexual, and species recognit...
The great polymorphism observed in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes is thought to be...
Abstract: Olfaction is essential for the survival of animals. Diverse odor molecules in the environm...
Avian chemical communication, once largely overlooked, is a growing field that has revealed the impo...
To increase fitness, a wide range of vertebrates preferentially mate with partners that are dissimil...
Olfactory receptors (ORs), encoded by the largest vertebrate multigene family, enable the detection ...
The sense of smell enables animals to e.g. locate food, to navigate or to avoid predators. In verteb...
It has been suggested that positive selection, in particular selection favoring a change in the prot...
Chemical communication has been understudied in vertebrates, but no group has been more overlooked t...
Olfactory receptors (ORs) govern a prime sensory function. Extant birds have distinct olfactory abil...
Olfaction is an evolutionary ancient sensation, and is the perception and interpretation of chemical...
Olfactory receptors (ORs) govern a prime sensory function. Extant birds have distinct olfactory abil...
Mate choice informed by the immune genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) may provide f...
BACKGROUND:The microbiome provides multiple benefits to animal hosts that can profoundly impact heal...
Mate choice informed by the immune genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) may provide f...
A growing body of evidence indicates that odors are used in individual, sexual, and species recognit...
The great polymorphism observed in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes is thought to be...
Abstract: Olfaction is essential for the survival of animals. Diverse odor molecules in the environm...
Avian chemical communication, once largely overlooked, is a growing field that has revealed the impo...
To increase fitness, a wide range of vertebrates preferentially mate with partners that are dissimil...