Functional Convergence in Bat and Toothed Whale Biosonars

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 2013 Denmark English Publisher:American Physiological SocietyJournal:Physiology, volume 28, pages 276-283 (issn: 1548-9213, eissn: 1548-9221,

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Authors: Madsen, P T; Surlykke, Annemarie;

doi: 10.1152/physiol.00008.2013

pmid: 23997187

Functional Convergence in Bat and Toothed Whale Biosonars

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Abstract

Echolocating bats and toothed whales hunt and navigate by emission of sound pulses and analysis of returning echoes to form a self-generated auditory scene. Here, we demonstrate a striking functional convergence in the way these two groups of mammals independently evolved the capability to sense with sound in air and water.

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Denmark

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Aarhus University
Denmark
University of Southern Denmark
Denmark

Keywords

Physiological, Air, Whales, Water, Adaptation, Physiological, Biological Evolution, Chiroptera, Echolocation, Auditory Perception, Animals, Adaptation

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