Convergent Sequence Evolution Between Echolocating Bats and Dolphins¶
Liu, Y., Cotton, J. A., Shen, B., Han, X., Rossiter, S. J., & Zhang, S. (2010). Convergent Sequence Evolution Between Echolocating Bats and Dolphins. Current Biology, 20(2).
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- Homoplasy vs. Inheritance Review
- Notably, even at the molecular level the hearing protein prestin shows parallel changes in echolocating bats and toothed whales — deep convergence driven by the same functional demand, which is precisely why this counts as one of biology's cleaner convergence claims rather than a shared inheritance.
This sourceReports adaptively selected convergent Prestin substitutions in unrelated echolocating bats and dolphins.
- Notably, even at the molecular level the hearing protein prestin shows parallel changes in echolocating bats and toothed whales — deep convergence driven by the same functional demand, which is precisely why this counts as one of biology's cleaner convergence claims rather than a shared inheritance.
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