title: Preliminary thoughts on the incidence, structure and function of the mammalian vomeronasal organ.
abstract: Although the vomeronasal organ is present in most mammals, it is absent in Cetacea, other fully adapted aquatic species and certain Chiroptera and Old World monkeys-except in the foetal stage. Its structure and function have never been fully investigated and this paper is a preliminary report on the morphology of the vomeronasal organ in 26 species of mammalia.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008322:Mammals / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity