Genetic Signatures for Enhanced Olfaction in the African Mole-Rats
Genetic Signatures for Enhanced Olfaction in the African Mole-Rats is a scholarly work by Colleen O'Ryan, published in 2014 in ''PLOS One''. The main subjects of the publication include anosmia, genetics, phylogenetics, lineage, zoology, gene, taste, evolutionary biology, evolutionary dynamics, human evolutionary genetics, clade, molecular evolution, range, sense of smell, Vertebrata, selection (genetic algorithm), purifying selection, and biology. The study reports the first assessment of fine-scale OR evolution and variation in African mole-rats (Bathyergidae), a family of subterranean rodents endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.