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olfactory 1. of or relating to the sense of smell 2. an organ or nerve concerned with the sense of smell How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He then outlines the prevailing theories on how olfactory systems recognize scents. This finding, remarkable in its own right, was rendered even more so by a subsequent discovery: when she replaced the missing Or83b gene with the GPRor7 gene obtained from mosquitoes, the fruit flies' olfactory system was restored to a normal state. The vomeronasal organ (VNO), also known as Jacobson's organ, is a part of the accessory olfactory system. |
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