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Some chemosensors however are too critical to lose: we identify a handful of V1Rs tuned to universal metabolites (steroid & bile-acid sulfates). Deer mouse receptors respond exactly like their mouse counterparts —showing conserved sequence = conserved function

The repertoires of chemoreceptors and their
expression profiles have followed markedly different trajectories during the evolution of the olfactory sensory systems of rodents #Genomics #Evolution #Olfaction

Same smell, different story: 800 deer-mouse odorant receptors have 1-to-1 homologs in mouse and rat, yet only 20 % of V1R & 7 % of V2R orthogroups are shared. Main olfactory path = stable; pheromone path = wild.