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Olfactory discrimination between glycine and deuterated glycine by fish

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Electrophysiological and behavioural experiments showed that whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) were able to discriminate between glycine and fully deuterated glycine by olfaction, while both chemicals stimulated the olfactory receptors to induce bulbar responses of similar magnitude.

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  1. Freshwater Institute, Canada Department of the Environment, R3T 2N6, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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The author thanks Dr D. Tucker, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, for critical reading of the manuscript, and Bruce Thompson and Ryo Hara for technical assistance.

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Hara, J. Olfactory discrimination between glycine and deuterated glycine by fish. Experientia 33, 618–619 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01946534

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