Echolocation in soft-furred tree mice
New echolocator Echolocation is a well demonstrated convergent sensory mode in bats and toothed whales. These lineages are not closely related, and this sense might be more broadly distributed than we recognize. Using a suite of approaches, He et al. show that the lineage of soft-furred tree mice (g...
Published in: | Science |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2021
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aay1513 https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.aay1513 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.aay1513 |
Summary: | New echolocator Echolocation is a well demonstrated convergent sensory mode in bats and toothed whales. These lineages are not closely related, and this sense might be more broadly distributed than we recognize. Using a suite of approaches, He et al. show that the lineage of soft-furred tree mice (genus Typhlomys ) includes multiple echolocators. Clear evidence of the behavioral use of echolocation under fully dark conditions was supported by the convergence of ear bone morphology and hearing-related genes with other echolocating mammals. Science , aay1513, this issue p. eaay1513 |
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