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Parallel evolution of auditory genes for echolocation in bats and toothed whales.

PLoS genetics - 1 Jun 2012

Shen Yong-Yi, Liang Lu, Li Gui-Sheng, Murphy Robert W, Zhang Ya-Ping

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The ability of bats and toothed whales to echolocate is a remarkable case of convergent evolution. Previous genetic studies have documented parallel evolution of nucleotide sequences in Prestin and KCNQ4, both of which are associated with voltage motility during the cochlear amplification of sign...

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PMID: 22761589
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002788
PMCID: PMC3386236

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