Phylogenic Outline of the Olfactory System in Vertebrates

• TANIGUCHI Kazumi

  Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University

• SAITO Shouichiro

  Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University

• TANIGUCHI Kazuyuki

  Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University

Abstract

Phylogenic outline of the vertebrate olfactory system is summarized in the present review. In the fish and the birds, the olfactory system consists only of the olfactory epithelium (OE) and the olfactory bulb (B). In the amphibians, reptiles and mammals, the olfactory system is subdivided into the main olfactory and the vomeronasal olfactory systems, and the former consists of the OE and the main olfactory bulb (MOB), while the latter the vomeronasal organ (VNO) and the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB). The subdivision of the olfactory system into the main and the vomeronasal olfactory systems may partly be induced by the difference between paraphyletic groups and monophyletic groups in the phylogeny of vertebrates.<br>

Journal

• Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

  Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 73 (2), 139-147, 2011

  JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

Keywords

• monophyletic
• olfactory system
• paraphyletic
• phylogeny
• vomeronasal system

Details

• CRID: 1390001206430259712
• NII Article ID: 130000342650
• DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0316
• ISSN: 13477439
• ISSN: 09167250
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvms/73/2/73_10-0316/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2011178256
• Text Lang: en
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