Evidence for increased olfactory receptor gene repertoire size in two nocturnal bird species with well-developed olfactory ability

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Evidence for increased olfactory receptor gene repertoire size in two nocturnal bird species with well-developed olfactory ability

Silke S Steiger¹ , Andrew E Fidler² and Bart Kempenaers¹

¹Department of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology, Eberhard-Gwinner Strasse, 82319 Seewiesen, Germany

²Cawthron Institute, 98 Halifax Street East, Private Bag 2, Nelson 7042, New Zealand

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:117doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-117


Published:	25 May 2009

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Abundance coverage estimators. Abundance coverage estimators and related statistics for seven avian species. The abundance coverage estimator ACE_1 was used, calculated as described in additional reference [3].

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Correlation between the number of intact OR genes and the total number of OR genes in vertebrates. Positive correlation between the number of intact OR genes and the total number of OR genes in vertebrates (r = 0.95, p < 0.001, n = 13). Numbers were obtained from reference [45].

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Sequence identities between the probes. Sequence identities (in %) between (A) galah and (B) elegant-crested tinamou probes on the nucleic acid level.

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Sequence information. Summary of (a) paleognath and (b) psittaciform partial olfactory receptor (OR) sequences generated in this study. Copies indicate how often a partial OR sequenced was amplified.

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