Evolution of inner ear neuroanatomy of bats and implications for echolocation

Sulser, R. Benjamin; Patterson, Bruce D.; Neander, April I.; Luo, Zhe‐Xi

doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04335-z

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“…Our convergent evolution analyses at the genomic scale only focused on the same sites of the same sets of protein-coding genes in the evolution of echolocation between different groups of bats and cetaceans, which largely takes no account of different genetic routes involved in the evolution of echolocation as suggested in the previous studies ( Nojiri et al., 2021 ; Sulser et al., 2022 ). In fact, there are no effective approaches or testable hypotheses for determining the diversified molecular bases associated with convergent phenotypes to date, and it is a major challenge for any study exploring genomic changes underlying macroevolutionary traits to distinguish between causal genomic changes that directly contributed to these traits and secondary changes that occurred after these traits evolved ( Stern, 2013 ).…”

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Molecular convergence and transgenic evidence suggest a single origin of laryngeal echolocation in bats

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Molecular convergence and transgenic evidence suggest a single origin of laryngeal echolocation in bats

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Chen

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“…More recently, Brock has published an article in Nature on the bat family tree and its implications specifically to the evolution of echolocation (Fenton 2022). He was giving perspective on a study using neuroanatomy that supported the subordinal split of bats into Yinpterochiroptera, which had the plesiomorphic condition of thick-walled canals in the inner ear ganglion, as also present in other mammals, and the species-rich Yangochiroptera, which had derived wall-less canals (Sulser et al 2022). It was hypothesized that the wallless state facilitated an increase in neural connections for an adaptive radiation of echolocation function that spurred high diversity of families, genera, and species in Yangochiroptera.…”

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Interpretation and application of bat diversity and phylogeny

Clare

Lim

2023

Can. J. Zool.

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Brock Fenton has devoted his career to the study of the ecological adaptations of bat diversity. In this paper we describe his interest and research on the subject of bat evolution and how he has used phylogenetic hypotheses to revise our understanding of divergences and convergences of specific traits within this mammalian order. While he has always been fascinated by the evolution of echolocation, he has also written about the evolution of reproductive, morphological and behavioural traits. Recent methods of documenting diversity incorporate his lifelong love of photography. We describe taxonomic attempts to honour his contributions to bat species diversity. Brock has inspired hundreds of students and colleagues with his endless enthusiasm and generosity and inspired them with ongoing evolutionary research on bats.

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“…Chiroptera is the most speciose order after rodents. Based on molecular and morphological evidence it can be divided into two clades: Yinpterochiroptera includes megabats and six families of echo-locating bats; the remaining orders constitute Yangochiroptera ( 147 , 148 ). Expansion of CEACAM genes has occurred in Yinpterochiroptera, but CEAPSG -like genes have been found only in three families of Yangochiroptera ( 149 ).…”

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Evolution of Placental Hormones: Implications for Animal Models

Carter

2022

Front. Endocrinol.

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Human placenta secretes a variety of hormones, some of them in large amounts. Their effects on maternal physiology, including the immune system, are poorly understood. Not one of the protein hormones specific to human placenta occurs outside primates. Instead, laboratory and domesticated species have their own sets of placental hormones. There are nonetheless several examples of convergent evolution. Thus, horse and human have chorionic gonadotrophins with similar functions whilst pregnancy-specific glycoproteins have evolved in primates, rodents, horses, and some bats, perhaps to support invasive placentation. Placental lactogens occur in rodents and ruminants as well as primates though evolved through duplication of different genes and with functions that only partially overlap. There are also placental hormones, such as the pregnancy-associated glycoproteins of ruminants, that have no equivalent in human gestation. This review focusses on the evolution of placental hormones involved in recognition and maintenance of pregnancy, in maternal adaptations to pregnancy and lactation, and in facilitating immune tolerance of the fetal semiallograft. The contention is that knowledge gained from laboratory and domesticated mammals can translate to a better understanding of human placental endocrinology, but only if viewed in an evolutionary context.

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Evolution of inner ear neuroanatomy of bats and implications for echolocation

Cited by 20 publications

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Molecular convergence and transgenic evidence suggest a single origin of laryngeal echolocation in bats

Molecular convergence and transgenic evidence suggest a single origin of laryngeal echolocation in bats

Interpretation and application of bat diversity and phylogeny

Evolution of Placental Hormones: Implications for Animal Models

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