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| Title |
Evolutionary origins of ultrasonic hearing and laryngeal echolocation in bats inferred from morphological analyses of the inner ear
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Zoology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1742-9994-10-2 |
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| Authors |
Kalina TJ Davies, Ibnu Maryanto, Stephen J Rossiter |
| Abstract |
Many mammals have evolved highly adapted hearing associated with ecological specialisation. Of these, bats possess the widest frequency range of vocalisations and associated hearing sensitivities, with frequencies of above 200 kHz in some lineages that use laryngeal echolocation. High frequency hearing in bats appears to have evolved via structural modifications of the inner ear, however, studying these minute features presents considerable challenges and hitherto few such attempts have been made. To understand these adaptations more fully, as well as gain insights into the evolutionary origins of ultrasonic hearing and echolocation in bats, we undertook micro-computed tomography (μCT) scans of the cochleae of representative bat species from 16 families, encompassing their broad range of ecological diversity. To characterise cochlear gross morphology, we measured the relative basilar membrane length and number of turns, and compared these values between echolocating and non-echolocating bats, as well as other mammals. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |
| Argentina | 1 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 14% |
| Australia | 1 | 14% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 57% |
| Scientists | 2 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 131 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 21 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 26 | 19% |
| Unknown | 26 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 73 | 53% |
| Environmental Science | 12 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 5% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 6% |
| Unknown | 29 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 May 2022.
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