Evolution of opsin genes reveals a functional role of vision in the echolocating little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 154-161

  Zhao, Huabin ^a,b,c   Xu, Dong ^c   Zhou, Yingying ^c   Flanders, Jon ^c   Zhang, Shuyi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Echolocating bat; Echolocation; Evolution; Little brown bat; Opsin; Purifying selection; Vision

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTION; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE; NOMENCLATURE; PREDATION; PROTEIN; VISUAL CUE;

MAMMALIA; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 67349268919     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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