When morphology does not fit the genomes: the case of rodent olfaction

Martinez Quentin, Courcelle Maxime, Douzery Emmanuel, Fabre Pierre-Henri. 2023. When morphology does not fit the genomes: the case of rodent olfaction. Biology Letters, 19 (4):20230080, 7 p.

Résumé : Linking genes to phenotypes has been a major question in evolutionary biology for the last decades. In the genomic era, few studies attempted to link olfactory-related genes to different anatomical proxies. However, they found very inconsistent results. This study is the first to investigate a potential relation between olfactory turbinals and olfactory receptor (OR) genes. We demonstrated that despite the use of similar methodology in the acquisition of data, OR genes do not correlate with the relative and the absolute surface area of olfactory turbinals. These results challenged the interpretations of several studies based on different proxies related to olfaction and their potential relation to olfactory capabilities.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : rongeur, génome, phénotype, Rodentia, olfaction, gène, variation génétique, biologie moléculaire, méthodologie

Mots-clés libres : Olfactory turbinal bones, Genomics, Functional olfactory receptor genes, Olfactory capabilities, Anatomy, Mammals

Classification Agris : U60 - Sciences de la vie et de la Terre

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 7 (2019-) - Hors champs stratégiques

Agences de financement européennes : European Commission

Agences de financement hors UE : Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Natural History Museum, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung

Projets sur financement : (FRA) Développment d'une infrastructure française distribuée coordonnée, (FRA) Mediterranean Center for Environment and Biodiversity, (FRA) Digital and Hardware Solutions and Modeling for the Environement and Life Sciences, (FRA) Adaptations et convergences du système olfactif chez les mammifères placentaires insectivores

Auteurs et affiliations

• Martinez Quentin, CNRS (FRA) - auteur correspondant
• Courcelle Maxime, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (FRA)
• Douzery Emmanuel, CNRS (FRA)
• Fabre Pierre-Henri, CNRS (FRA)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/608247/)

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