supported by Program for New Century Excellent Talents (NCET-07-0507);National Natural Science Foundation of China (30370218);Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Z2008D01);Project of Science and Technology Development Plan of Shandong Province (2007GG2009011)
Olfactory receptors(ORs),the first dedicated molecules with which odorants physically interact to arouse an olfactory sensation,constitute the largest gene family in vertebrates.Dogs and wolves,like many other mamma...
National Natural Science Foundation of China (30370218);the program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-07-0507); the Project of Science and Technology Development Plan in Shandong Province (2007GG2009011);Shandong Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2005BS02005)
The whole mitochondrial genome sequence of red fox (Vuples vuples) was determined. It had a total length of 16 723 bp. As in most mammal mitochondrial genome, it contained 13 protein coding genes, two ribosome RNA g...