The origin of the odorant receptor gene family in insects
Philipp Brand, Hugh M. Robertson, Wei Lin, Ratnasri Pothula, William E. Klingeman, Juan Luis Jurat‐Fuentes, Brian R. Johnson
The paper investigates the origin of the odorant receptor (OR) gene family in insects, finding that ORs evolved with an ancestral co-receptor (Orco) in the ancestor of all insects, supporting a terrestrial lifestyle adaptation rather than winged flight.
eLife · Jul 31, 2018Peer-reviewedBioinformatics