Scientists Create the First Detailed ‘Smell Map’ of Odor Sensors in the Mouse Nose—and Sniff Out Some Surprises

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In two new studies, researchers used genetic techniques to upend a long-standing assumption that the nerve cells with scent detectors were randomly arranged. They don’t know whether the same spatial organization is found in human noses

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