Choose the most influential contributing factor to the reduced sense of smell in humans compared with the other great apes.

A. number of olfactory receptor (OR) genes present in the genome
B. aneuploidy
C. pseudogenes
D. conservation of synteny
E. one more chromosome in humans compared to the other great apes


Answer: C

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