Convergent evolution in toothed whale cochleae

Convergent evolution in toothed whale cochleae

Abstract Background Odontocetes (toothed whales) are the most species-rich marine mammal lineage. The catalyst for their evolutionary success is echolocation - a form of biological sonar that uses high-frequency sound, produced in the forehead and ultimately detected by the cochlea. The ubiquity of...

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Main Authors: Travis Park, Bastien Mennecart, Loïc Costeur, Camille Grohé, Natalie Cooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Convergence
Odontoceti
Inner ear
Echolocation
Ecomorphology
Phylogenetic comparative methods
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1525-x

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