Hearing in the African lungfish (Protopterus annectens): Pre-adaptation to pressure hearing in tetrapods?

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-141

  Christensen Dalsgaard, Jakob ^a   Brandt, Christian ^a   Wilson, Maria ^b   Wahlberg, Magnus ^a   Madsen, Peter T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hearing; Lungfish; Sound; Tetrapod; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CALIBRATION; DETECTION METHOD; FISH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROUP SIZE; HEARING; PRESSURE EFFECT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

WEST AFRICA;

ACTINOPTERYGII; AMPHIBIA; DIPNOI; PROTOPTERIDAE; PROTOPTERUS ANNECTENS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 79551479876     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0636     Document Type: Article

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