ArticleMolecular biology and evolution2011
Widespread losses of vomeronasal signal transduction in bats.
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- Coding of pheromones by vomeronasal receptors.Cell and tissue research · 2021Review
- Comparative genomic analyses illuminate the distinct evolution of megabats within Chiroptera.DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes · 2020Article
- Inactivation of ancV1R as a Predictive Signature for the Loss of Vomeronasal System in Mammals.Genome biology and evolution · 2020Article
- Can social behaviour drive accessory olfactory bulb asymmetries? Sister species of caviomorph rodents as a case in point.Journal of anatomy · 2020Article
- Expressed Vomeronasal Type-1 Receptors (V1rs) in Bats Uncover Conserved Sequences Underlying Social Chemical Signaling.Genome biology and evolution · 2019Article
- The Birth and Death of Olfactory Receptor Gene Families in Mammalian Niche Adaptation.Molecular biology and evolution · 2018Article
- Vomeronasal and Olfactory Structures in Bats Revealed by DiceCT Clarify Genetic Evidence of Function.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2018Article
- Patterns of orofacial clefting in the facial morphology of bats: a possible naturally occurring model of cleft palate.Journal of anatomy · 2016Article
- The Evolving Neural and Genetic Architecture of Vertebrate Olfaction.Current biology : CB · 2016Review
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- MOXD2, a Gene Possibly Associated with Olfaction, Is Frequently Inactivated in Birds.PloS one · 2016Article
- Evolution of spatially coexpressed families of type-2 vomeronasal receptors in rodents.Genome biology and evolution · 2014Article
- Strong links between genomic and anatomical diversity in both mammalian olfactory chemosensory systems.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2014Article
- The genomic basis of vomeronasal-mediated behaviour.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2014Review
- The molecular evolutionary dynamics of the vomeronasal receptor (class 1) genes in primates: a gene family on the verge of a functional breakdown.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2014Review
- Molecular evolutionary characterization of a V1R subfamily unique to strepsirrhine primates.Genome biology and evolution · 2014Article
- From the ultrasonic to the infrared: molecular evolution and the sensory biology of bats.Frontiers in physiology · 2013Article
- Genome analysis reveals insights into physiology and longevity of the Brandt's bat Myotis brandtii.Nature communications · 2013Article
- Mutual influences between the main olfactory and vomeronasal systems in development and evolution.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2012Article
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Abstract
The vertebrate vomeronasal system (VNS) detects intraspecific pheromones and environmental odorants. We sequenced segments of the gene encoding Trpc2, an ion channel crucial for vomeronasal signal transduction, in 11 species that represent all main basal lineages of Yinpterochiroptera, one of the two suborders of the order Chiroptera (bats). Our sequences show that Trpc2 is a pseudogene in each of the 11 bats, suggesting that all yinpterochiropterans lack vomeronasal sensitivity. The Trpc2 sequences from four species of Yangochiroptera, the other suborder of bats, suggest vomeronasal insensitivity in some but not all yangochiropterans. These results, together with the available morphological data from the bat VNS, strongly suggest multiple and widespread losses of vomeronasal signal transduction and sensitivity in bats. Future scrutiny of the specific functions of the VNS in the few bats that still retain the VNS may help explain why it is dispensable in most bats.
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