ABSTRACT
Several excellent reviews have detailed the conservation of principles between insect, amphibian, and mammalian olfactory systems, and many important contributions to the field have been made by cross-phyla comparisons. However, within the limitations of this reference, in this chapter we will emphasize embryonic development and axon targeting in the rodent olfactory system, focusing on the mouse. To aide comparisons between studies in other rodents, the developmental ages in studies in the rat will be adjusted and referred to as the equivalent developmental age in mice. We apologize for any papers we may have missed or not had the opportunity to discuss in detail due to space limitations.
