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

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 characterised from 14 mole-rat species. Bathyergidae OR genes are classified using sequence similarity and phylogenetic comparison with more than 50 mammalian OR subgenomes.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Stathopoulos, Sofia

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Bishop, Jacqueline M
• O'Ryan, Colleen

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11345

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11345