Genetic variation in a human odorant receptor alters odour perception

By Andreas Keller, Hanyi Zhuang, Qiuyi Chi, Leslie B. Vosshall, H. Matsunami. Nature, 2007

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The evolution of animal chemosensory receptor gene repertoires: roles of chance and necessity (2008, background): “It is possible that some OR genes in the MOE are able to detect pheromones, as in human”
A novel platform based on immobilized histidine tagged olfactory receptors, for the amperometric detection of an odorant molecule characteristic of boar taint. (2015, neutral): “1 nM, which is thousand times lower than that found using classical techniques (Keller et al., 2007).”
A genetic variant near olfactory receptor genes influences cilantro preference (2012, background): “Genetic differences in many of these receptors are known to play a role in how we perceive tastes and smells [12-15].”
Insect olfaction and the evolution of receptor tuning (2015, positive): “This in turn results in a combinatorial activation of olfactory sensory neurons (OSN) in the periphery and glomeruli in the primary olfactory center ( Figure 1B ) (Malnic et al., 1999; but see Wetzel et al., 1999; Keller et al., 2007; Nara et al., 2011; Shirasu et al., 2014).”
The Training Level of Experts Influences their Detection Thresholds for Key Wine Compounds (2011, background): “For instance, single nucleotide polymorphisms were observed for an odorant receptor, OR7D4, and human specific anosmia to androstenone can account for these variants ( Keller et al. 2007 ).”