The bony labyrinth of toothed whales reflects both phylogeny and habitat preferences

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Costeur, Loïc, Grohé, Camille, Aguirre-Fernández, Gabriel, Ekdale, Eric, Schulz, Georg, Müller, Bert, Mennecart, Bastien
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
• Subjects: Article; Labyrinth; baleen whales; toothed whales
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5959912/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29777194; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26094-0

The inner ear of toothed whales (odontocetes) is known to have evolved particular shapes related to their abilities to echolocate and move under water. While the origin of these capacities is now more and more examined, thanks to new imaging techniques, little is still known about how informative in...