Molecular evolution: gene convergence in echolocating mammals.
The motor protein prestin confers sensitive and selective hearing in mammals. Remarkably, prestin amino-acid sequences of echolocating dolphins have converged to resemble those of distantly related echolocating bats.
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK.
Gareth
G
Jones
D000818:Animals; D002591:Cetacea / Q000235:genetics; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000235:genetics; D004455:Echolocation; D019143:Evolution, Molecular