A phylomedicine approach to understanding the evolution of auditory sensory perception and disease in mammals

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 412-422

  Kirwan, John D ^a   Bekaert, Michaël ^b   Commins, Jennifer M ^a   Davies, Kalina T J ^c   Rossiter, Stephen J ^c   Teeling, Emma C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hearing; Phylomedicine; Positive selection; Purifying selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875682200     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12047     Document Type: Article

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