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May 2, 2019 6 tweets 3 min read
Our paper examining how genetic variation in olfactory receptors alters odor perception is now out in @PNASNews. I want to highlight a couple things that are cool, but not in the abstract.
pnas.org/content/early/…
@casey_trimmer @pollyp1 @AndreasKellerNY @MonellSc First, only ~50/400 human receptors have a published ligand. Many have assumed this is because the receptor assays we use are missing a critical component.