Nose thyself: individuality in the human olfactory genome.
A recent study using cell-based assays together with an olfactory psychophysical survey in humans has established a link between a genetic polymorphism in an odorant receptor and variability in perception of the smell of the steroid androstenone.
Zhang
Xiaohong
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Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Firestein
Stuart
S
D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D018035:Receptors, Odorant / Q000235:genetics*; D012903:Smell / Q000235:genetics*
D018035:Receptors, Odorant