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

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.

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Auteurs principaux: Jessica H. Arbour, Abigail A. Curtis, Sharlene E. Santana
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/be7f06a07c33498da73e502848dae879
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