olfaction

常見例句

Not only is this the first evidence for a sense of smell in bacteria, the results also might represent one of the earliest forms of olfaction in evolutionary history.
這不僅是首次提出細(xì)菌能夠識別氣味，同時這項(xiàng)結(jié)果表明在進(jìn)化史上最早期的一種嗅覺形式。
"Finding olfactory ways of communication between human newborns and mothers would be a strong demonstration that olfaction is still functional in the human social context, " he adds.
他補(bǔ)充說道：“發(fā)現(xiàn)人類新生嬰兒與母親之間的嗅覺交流方式，將會是嗅覺仍在人類社會環(huán)境中發(fā)揮作用的有力證明?！?/li>
But his theory claims to offer one explanation for a whole range of enigmatic human features: bipedality, hairlesslessness, fat layer, descended larynx, loss of olfaction, and so on.
而且他的理論還聲稱為人類所有的神秘特征提供了一種解釋：兩足動物，無毛發(fā)，脂肪層，喉結(jié)遺傳，嗅覺喪失等等。

According to two studies presented to the International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste, held in San Francisco this week, that is exactly what happens.
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"Olfaction and taste are really the new frontier in neurobiology, " says Stryer, quickly adding that his love of good food and wine is a strong motivator in his quest.
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Three years ago Lubert Stryer, a professor of neurobiology at Stanford University, became intrigued with olfaction, thanks in part to two fellow scientists who uncovered a family of genes whose receptors for smell and taste are turned on at the base of the nose.
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