An auxiliary olfactory sense organ that is mainly used to detect pheromones.
Synonyms
Examples for "jacobson's organ"
Examples for "jacobson's organ"
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However, several mechanistic aspects of sensory signaling in the vomeronasal organ remain unclear.
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The researchers said they bred female mice without a gene critical to the vomeronasal organ's function.
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The trpc2 gene encodes an ion channel involved in pheromonal detection and is found in the vomeronasal organ.
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But some scientists suspected that mammals could only detect pheromones with specialized sensory apparatus called the vomeronasal organ, which humans don't have.
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It turns out female mice need the vomeronasal organ to tell the sexes apart, just as males have in earlier studies, the researchers said.
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We investigated the role of VNO-mediated inputs in experience-dependent plasticity of reproductive responses.
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This anatomy is suggestive of residual functioning in the apical VNO of these animals.
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With regard to the duration of visits the VNO-ablated mice showed significant reduction in visiting time when compared to ZnSO(4)-irrigated mice.
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He is building an alliance with Vornado Realty Trust, VNO.N which on Friday disclosed it held 9.9 percent of Penney's shares.