Doctor Mora Pol was the Bajoran scientist who was assigned to study the Changeling who became known as Odo after he was discovered. Mora's parents were still alive as of 2373. Mora studied and taught Odo for seven years at the Bajoran Center for Science during the Occupation of Bajor. When Odo assumed the shape of a humanoid, he imitated Dr. Mora's hairstyle. (DS9: "The Forsaken", "Necessary Evil") Odo was labeled as an "Unknown Sample", which a Cardassian overseer translated as "Odo'ital" in Cardassian. (DS9: "Heart of Stone")