The hearing gene Prestin unites echolocating bats and whales

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Li, Ying ^a,b   Liu, Zhen ^b   Shi, Peng ^b   Zhang, Jianzhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HEARING; SHORT SURVEY; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTION; HEARING; WHALES;

CETACEA; ODONTOCETI; TURSIOPS;

EID: 74549195621     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.042     Document Type: Short Survey

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