Signatures of echolocation and dietary ecology in the adaptive evolution of skull shape in bats

Jessica H. Arbour; Abigail A. Curtis; Sharlene E. Santana

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09951-y

Nature Communications (May 2019)

Signatures of echolocation and dietary ecology in the adaptive evolution of skull shape in bats

Jessica H. Arbour,
Abigail A. Curtis,
Sharlene E. Santana

Affiliations

Jessica H. Arbour: Department of Biology, University of Washington
Abigail A. Curtis: Department of Biology, University of Washington
Sharlene E. Santana: Department of Biology, University of Washington

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09951-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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What drives changes in morphological diversity? Here, Arbour et al. analyse skull 3D shape evolution across the bat radiation using µCT scan data, finding two phases of skull shape diversification, early adaptive shifts related to echolocation, and more recent shifts related to diet transitions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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