Chapter 18.3, Problem 2CYP

Summary Introduction

To predict:

The structural variations that could provide certain animals such as dog, with a sense of smell thousands times more sensitive than that of humans.

Introduction:

The dogs, which have an olfactory sensitivity up to 100 times greater than humans, have on average of 100 cm² of olfactory epithelium, whereas humans have only 10 cm² olfactory cortex.