Ancient and nonuniform loss of olfactory receptor expression renders the shark nose a de facto vomeronasal organ
A. S. Syed, K. Sharma, M. Policarpo, S. Ferrando, D. Casane, S. I. Korsching
The paper investigates the evolutionary dynamics of olfactory receptor families in cartilaginous fishes, finding that V2R/OlfC receptors are expressed in microvillous neurons, while other families are underrepresented.
bioRxiv · Nov 27, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology