TY - JOUR AU - Wynn, Elizabeth H. AU - Sánchez-Andrade, Gabriela AU - Carss, Keren J. AU - Logan, Darren W. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/08/21 TI - Genomic variation in the vomeronasal receptor gene repertoires of inbred mice JO - BMC Genomics SP - 415 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Vomeronasal receptors (VRs), expressed in sensory neurons of the vomeronasal organ, are thought to bind pheromones and mediate innate behaviours. The mouse reference genome has over 360 functional VRs arranged in highly homologous clusters, but the vast majority are of unknown function. Differences in these receptors within and between closely related species of mice are likely to underpin a range of behavioural responses. To investigate these differences, we interrogated the VR gene repertoire from 17 inbred strains of mice using massively parallel sequencing. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-415 DO - 10.1186/1471-2164-13-415 ID - Wynn2012 ER -