Vomeronasal Organ

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A multigene family encoding a diverse array of putative pheromone receptors in mammals. 
  • A protocol for heterologous expression and functional assay for mouse pheromone receptors. 
  • Calreticulin chaperones regulate functional expression of vomeronasal type 2 pheromone receptors. 
  • Common promoter elements in odorant and vomeronasal receptor genes. 
  • Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Pheromone Receptor Class 1 Family (V1R) Reveals Extreme Complexity in Mouse Lemurs (Genus, Microcebus) and a Chromosomal Hotspot across Mammals. 
  • Cyclic Regulation of Sensory Perception by a Female Hormone Alters Behavior. 
  • G protein G(alpha)o is essential for vomeronasal function and aggressive behavior in mice. 
  • Immunohistochemistry of the canine vomeronasal organ. 
  • Immunohistochemistry of the canine vomeronasal organ. 
  • In vivo vomeronasal stimulation reveals sensory encoding of conspecific and allospecific cues by the mouse accessory olfactory bulb. 
  • Molecular evolutionary characterization of a V1R subfamily unique to strepsirrhine primates. 
  • The utility of PacBio circular consensus sequencing for characterizing complex gene families in non-model organisms. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Yoder, Anne Daphne, Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Duke Science & Society