Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Why is so much DNA used for the sense of smell?
Scientists say that a larger chunk of our DNA than is expected is used to encode our sense of smell, why?
- Our sense of smell works by hundreds of olfactory receptors.
- Each receptor is encoded with a different gene.
- Each receptor is folded a special and intricate way to detect the odor.
# posted by Scott Kirkwood @ 9:34 PM 
