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Ye M, Lin X, Zhang Y, Huang Y, Li G, Tian C. Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Olfactory Receptor Genes in Silver Sillago (Sillago sihama). Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13071232. [PMID: 37048487 PMCID: PMC10093537 DOI: 10.3390/ani13071232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Olfactory receptor (OR) genes are essential in the specific recognition of diverse stimuli in fish. In this study, a total of 141 OR genes were identified in silver sillago (Sillago sihama), a marine fish sensitive to environmental stimuli, including 112 intact genes, 26 truncated genes, and three pseudogenes. A phylogenetic tree analysis elucidated that the OR genes of S. sihama were classified into six groups, of which β, γ, δ, ε, and ζ groups belonged to type I, and the η group belonged to type II. The type I OR genes contained almost all conserved motifs (n = 62), while type II OR genes mainly retained conserved motifs 7(3), 1, 10, 4, and 2 (n = 39). OR genes were mainly distributed on LG1, LG9, LG11, and LG12. Of all OR genes, 36.23% (50 genes) showed significant expansion in S. sihama. Ka/Ks analysis demonstrated that 227 sites were under purifying selection, while 12 sites were under positive selection, including eight genes in the OR2A12 gene subfamily. Sixty-one genes (44.20%) displayed differential expression under hypoxic stress. The identified OR genes explored the mechanism of environmental stress and ecological adaptation of S. sihama, and provided valuable genomic resources for further research on the olfaction of teleosts.
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- Minghui Ye
- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
- Guangdong Research Center on Reproductive Control and Breeding Technology of Indigenous Valuable Fish Species, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Mariculture Organism Breeding, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
- Guangdong Research Center on Reproductive Control and Breeding Technology of Indigenous Valuable Fish Species, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Mariculture Organism Breeding, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
- Guangdong Research Center on Reproductive Control and Breeding Technology of Indigenous Valuable Fish Species, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Mariculture Organism Breeding, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
- Guangdong Research Center on Reproductive Control and Breeding Technology of Indigenous Valuable Fish Species, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Mariculture Organism Breeding, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Zhanjiang 524088, China
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Lv M, Chen X, Huang X, Liu N, Wang W, Liu H. Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Sexual Disparities between Olfactory and Immune Gene Expression in the Olfactory Epithelium of Megalobrama amblycephala. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:13017. [PMID: 34884822 PMCID: PMC8658043 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222313017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The olfactory organ is an important chemoreceptor in vertebrates. However, the sexual disparities in gene expression patterns in the olfactory organ in fish remain unstudied. Here, we conducted a transcriptome analysis of the olfactory epithelium (OE) of male and female blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) to identify the differences. The histological analysis showed that there were 22 leaf-like olfactory lamellaes on one side of the OE of the adult blunt snout bream. The sensory area of OE is enriched with ciliated receptor cells and microvilli receptor cells. The transcriptome analysis showed that only 10 out of 336 olfactory receptor genes (224 ORs, 5 V1Rs, 55 V2Rs, and 52 TAARs) exhibited significant expression differences between males and females, and most of the differentially expressed genes were related to the immune system. We also validated these results using qPCR: 10 OR genes and 6 immunity-related genes significantly differed between males and females. The FISH analysis results indicated that the ORs were mainly expressed at the edge of the olfactory lamellae. Collectively, our study reveals that gender is not an important factor influencing the expression of olfactory receptors, but the expression of immune genes varies greatly between the genders in blunt snout bream.
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- Maolin Lv
- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education/Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.L.); (X.H.); (N.L.); (W.W.)
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Engineering Research Center of Green Development for Conventional Aquatic Biological Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture, Guangxi Academy of Fishery Sciences, Nanning 530021, China;
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education/Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.L.); (X.H.); (N.L.); (W.W.)
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education/Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.L.); (X.H.); (N.L.); (W.W.)
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Engineering Research Center of Green Development for Conventional Aquatic Biological Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education/Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.L.); (X.H.); (N.L.); (W.W.)
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education/Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.L.); (X.H.); (N.L.); (W.W.)
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Engineering Research Center of Green Development for Conventional Aquatic Biological Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China
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Hu J, Wang Y, Le Q, Yu N, Cao X, Kuang S, Zhang M, Gu W, Sun Y, Yang Y, Yan X. Transcriptome sequencing of olfactory-related genes in olfactory transduction of large yellow croaker ( Larimichthy crocea) in response to bile salts. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6627. [PMID: 30918761 PMCID: PMC6431138 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fish produce and release bile salts as chemical signalling substances that act as sensitive olfactory stimuli. To investigate how bile salts affect olfactory signal transduction in large yellow croaker (Larimichthy crocea), deep sequencing of olfactory epithelium was conducted to analyse olfactory-related genes in olfactory transduction. Sodium cholates (SAS) have typical bile salt chemical structures, hence we used four different concentrations of SAS to stimulate L. crocea, and the fish displayed a significant behavioural preference for 0.30% SAS. We then sequenced olfactory epithelium tissues, and identified 9938 unigenes that were significantly differentially expressed between SAS-stimulated and control groups, including 9055 up-regulated and 883 down-regulated unigenes. Subsequent Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses found eight categories linked to the olfactory transduction pathway that was highly enriched with some differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including the olfactory receptor (OR), Adenylate cyclase type 3 (ADCY3) and Calmodulin (CALM). Genes in these categories were analysed by RT-qPCR, which revealed aspects of the pathway transformation between odor detection, and recovery and adaptation. The results provide new insight into the effects of bile salt stimulation in olfactory molecular mechanisms in fishes, and expands our knowledge of olfactory transduction, and signal generation and decline.
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- Jiabao Hu
- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,Ningbo Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau Technical Centre, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Ministry of Education, Ningbo, China.,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Olfactory Receptor Genes in Chinese Perch, Siniperca chuatsi. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10020178. [PMID: 30823620 PMCID: PMC6409572 DOI: 10.3390/genes10020178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Olfaction, which is mediated by olfactory receptor (OR) genes, is essential in the daily life of fish, especially in foraging. However, Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) is believed to prey with reliance on vision and lateral sensation, but not on olfaction. Therefore, understanding the evolutionary dynamics of the Chinese perch OR repertoire could provide insights into genetic evidence for adapting to a decreasing reliance on olfaction. Here, we reported a whole-genome analysis of the Chinese perch OR repertoire. Our analysis identified a total of 152 OR genes, including 123 functional genes and 29 pseudogenes, and showed their genomic organization. A phylogenetic tree was constructed, and the phylogenetic relationships of teleosts ORs was illustrated. The dN/dS (global ratios of non-synonymous to synonymous) analysis demonstrated that OR groups all appeared to be under purifying selection. Among the five Percomorpha fishes, Chinese perch only had 22 subfamilies, suggesting a decrease in OR diversities. The species-specific loss of subfamily 56 and 66 in Chinese perch, of which the genes belonged to subfamily 66, were orthologs of OR51E2, which recognized the plant odorant β-ionone, indicating that extremely piscivorous fish which might lose those receptors responded to plant-related odors. Finally, the expression profiles of OR genes in the olfactory epithelium at different developmental stages were investigated using RNA-seq data. From the aforementioned results, the evolution of the OR repertoire may be shaped by the adaption of vision-dependent specializations for foraging in Chinese perch. The first systematic study of OR genes in Chinese perch could provide valuable genomic resources for the further investigation of olfactory function in teleosts.
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Zhu G, Wang L, Tang W, Wang X, Wang C. Identification of olfactory receptor genes in the Japanese grenadier anchovy Coilia nasus. Genes Genomics 2017; 39:521-532. [PMID: 28458780 PMCID: PMC5387026 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-017-0517-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Olfaction is essential for fish to detect odorant elements in the environment and plays a critical role in navigating, locating food and detecting predators. Olfactory function is produced by the olfactory transduction pathway and is activated by olfactory receptors (ORs) through the binding of odorant elements. Recently, four types of olfactory receptors have been identified in vertebrate olfactory epithelium, including main odorant receptors (MORs), vomeronasal type receptors (VRs), trace-amine associated receptors (TAARs) and formyl peptide receptors (FPRs). It has been hypothesized that migratory fish, which have the ability to perform spawning migration, use olfactory cues to return to natal rivers. Therefore, obtaining OR genes from migratory fish will provide a resource for the study of molecular mechanisms that underlie fish spawning migration behaviors. Previous studies of OR genes have mainly focused on genomic data, however little information has been gained at the transcript level. In this study, we identified the OR genes of an economically important commercial fish Coilia nasus through searching for olfactory epithelium transcriptomes. A total of 142 candidate MOR, 52 V2R/OlfC, 32 TAAR and two FPR putative genes were identified. In addition, through genomic analysis we identified several MOR genes containing introns, which is unusual for vertebrate MOR genes. The transcriptome-scale mining strategy proved to be fruitful in identifying large sets of OR genes from species whose genome information is unavailable. Our findings lay the foundation for further research into the possible molecular mechanisms underlying the spawning migration behavior in C. nasus.
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- Guoli Zhu
- College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC USA
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- College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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Genome sequencing of the perciform fish Larimichthys crocea provides insights into molecular and genetic mechanisms of stress adaptation. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005118. [PMID: 25835551 PMCID: PMC4383535 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea (L. crocea) is one of the most economically important marine fish in China and East Asian countries. It also exhibits peculiar behavioral and physiological characteristics, especially sensitive to various environmental stresses, such as hypoxia and air exposure. These traits may render L. crocea a good model for investigating the response mechanisms to environmental stress. To understand the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying the adaptation and response of L. crocea to environmental stress, we sequenced and assembled the genome of L. crocea using a bacterial artificial chromosome and whole-genome shotgun hierarchical strategy. The final genome assembly was 679 Mb, with a contig N50 of 63.11 kb and a scaffold N50 of 1.03 Mb, containing 25,401 protein-coding genes. Gene families underlying adaptive behaviours, such as vision-related crystallins, olfactory receptors, and auditory sense-related genes, were significantly expanded in the genome of L. crocea relative to those of other vertebrates. Transcriptome analyses of the hypoxia-exposed L. crocea brain revealed new aspects of neuro-endocrine-immune/metabolism regulatory networks that may help the fish to avoid cerebral inflammatory injury and maintain energy balance under hypoxia. Proteomics data demonstrate that skin mucus of the air-exposed L. crocea had a complex composition, with an unexpectedly high number of proteins (3,209), suggesting its multiple protective mechanisms involved in antioxidant functions, oxygen transport, immune defence, and osmotic and ionic regulation. Our results reveal the molecular and genetic basis of fish adaptation and response to hypoxia and air exposure. The data generated by this study will provide valuable resources for the genetic improvement of stress resistance and yield potential in L. crocea.
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Chang S, Chung-Davidson YW, Libants SV, Nanlohy KG, Kiupel M, Brown CT, Li W. The sea lamprey has a primordial accessory olfactory system. BMC Evol Biol 2013; 13:172. [PMID: 23957559 PMCID: PMC3765145 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background A dual olfactory system, represented by two anatomically distinct but spatially proximate chemosensory epithelia that project to separate areas of the forebrain, is known in several classes of tetrapods. Lungfish are the earliest evolving vertebrates known to have this dual system, comprising a main olfactory and a vomeronasal system (VNO). Lampreys, a group of jawless vertebrates, have a single nasal capsule containing two anatomically distinct epithelia, the main (MOE) and the accessory olfactory epithelia (AOE). We speculated that lamprey AOE projects to specific telencephalic regions as a precursor to the tetrapod vomeronasal system. Results To test this hypothesis, we characterized the neural circuits and molecular profiles of the accessory olfactory epithelium in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Neural tract-tracing revealed direct and reciprocal connections with the dorsomedial telencephalic neuropil (DTN) which in turn projects directly to the dorsal pallium and the rostral hypothalamus. High-throughput sequencing demonstrated that the main and the accessory olfactory epithelia have virtually identical profiles of expressed genes. Real time quantitative PCR confirmed expression of representatives of all 3 chemoreceptor gene families identified in the sea lamprey genome. Conclusion Anatomical and molecular evidence shows that the sea lamprey has a primordial accessory olfactory system that may serve a chemosensory function.
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- Steven Chang
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 480 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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