Animals recognize their surrounding environments through the sense of smell by detecting thousands of chemical odorants. Wild boars (Sus scrofa) completely depend on their ability to recognize chemical odorants: to detect food, during scavenging and searching partners, during breeding periods and to avoid potential predators. Wild piglets must be prepared for the chemical universe that they will enter after birth, and they show intense neuronal activity in the olfactory mucosa. With this in mind, we investigated the morpho-functional embryonic development of the olfactory mucosa in the wild boar (in five stages before birth). Using mRNA expression analysis of olfactory marker protein and neuropeptide Y, involved in the function of olfactory sensory neurons, we show early activation of the appropriate genes in the wild boar. We hypothesize olfactory pre-birth development in wild boar is highly adaptive.

Pre-birth sense of smell in the wild boar: the ontogeny of the olfactory mucosa / Fulgione, Domenico; Trapanese, Martina; Buglione, Maria; Rippa, Daniela; Polese, Gianluca; Maresca, Viviana; Maselli, Valeria. - In: ZOOLOGY. - ISSN 0944-2006. - 123:(2017), pp. 11-15. [10.1016/j.zool.2017.05.003]

Pre-birth sense of smell in the wild boar: the ontogeny of the olfactory mucosa

FULGIONE, DOMENICO
Primo
;
TRAPANESE, MARTINA
Secondo
;
BUGLIONE, MARIA;RIPPA, DANIELA;POLESE, GIANLUCA;MARESCA, VIVIANA
Penultimo
;
MASELLI, VALERIA
Ultimo
2017

Abstract

Animals recognize their surrounding environments through the sense of smell by detecting thousands of chemical odorants. Wild boars (Sus scrofa) completely depend on their ability to recognize chemical odorants: to detect food, during scavenging and searching partners, during breeding periods and to avoid potential predators. Wild piglets must be prepared for the chemical universe that they will enter after birth, and they show intense neuronal activity in the olfactory mucosa. With this in mind, we investigated the morpho-functional embryonic development of the olfactory mucosa in the wild boar (in five stages before birth). Using mRNA expression analysis of olfactory marker protein and neuropeptide Y, involved in the function of olfactory sensory neurons, we show early activation of the appropriate genes in the wild boar. We hypothesize olfactory pre-birth development in wild boar is highly adaptive.
2017
Pre-birth sense of smell in the wild boar: the ontogeny of the olfactory mucosa / Fulgione, Domenico; Trapanese, Martina; Buglione, Maria; Rippa, Daniela; Polese, Gianluca; Maresca, Viviana; Maselli, Valeria. - In: ZOOLOGY. - ISSN 0944-2006. - 123:(2017), pp. 11-15. [10.1016/j.zool.2017.05.003]
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