Molecular Evidence for the Parallel Evolution of Anosmia in Multiple Odontoceti (Toothed Whales) Clades
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Background/Objectives. Living odontocetes are the only extant mammals that lack anatomical features associated with olfaction. A leading hypothesis for the presumed complete loss of smell (i.e., anosmia) in odontocetes is that olfaction was lost in the common ... ...