Convergent sequence evolution between echolocating bats and dolphins

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Yang ^a   Cotton, James A ^b   Shen, Bin ^a   Han, Xiuqun ^a   Rossiter, Stephen J ^b   Zhang, Shuyi ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BAT; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DOLPHINS; ECHOLOCATION; EVOLUTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 74549224446     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.058     Document Type: Short Survey

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