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nite_n_day nite_n_day
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9 years ago
Explain how a few hundred types of olfactory receptors can code for thousands of different odorants.
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9 years ago
Each olfactory cilium contains one type of receptor and each glomerulus receives information from one type of receptor. An odorant molecule can bind to and activate, in varying intensity, different receptor types, which would generate a different pattern of firing within the olfactory system.
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nite_n_day Author
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9 years ago
Perfect!

Thanks for the assistance. Your answer was correct.
Would you know my name, if I saw you in heaven?

Eric Clapton
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9 years ago
My pleasure. May the force be with you Face with Stuck-out Tongue
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