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Better than fish on land? Hearing across metamorphosis in salamanders.
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- Development and evolution of the vestibular apparatuses of the inner ear.Journal of anatomy · 2021Review
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- Major evolutionary transitions and innovations: the tympanic middle ear.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2017Review
- Evolution of Sound Source Localization Circuits in the Nonmammalian Vertebrate Brainstem.Brain, behavior and evolution · 2017Article
- Comparative and developmental patterns of amphibious auditory function in salamanders.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2016Article
- Evolutionary trends in directional hearing.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2016Review
- Is there an exemplar taxon for modelling the evolution of early tetrapod hearing?Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2016Article
- In defence of comparative physiology: ideal models for early tetrapods do not exist.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2016Article
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Abstract
Early tetrapods faced an auditory challenge from the impedance mismatch between air and tissue in the transition from aquatic to terrestrial lifestyles during the Early Carboniferous (350 Ma). Consequently, tetrapods may have been deaf to airborne sounds for up to 100 Myr until tympanic middle ears evolved during the Triassic. The middle ear morphology of recent urodeles is similar to that of early 'lepospondyl' microsaur tetrapods, and experimental studies on their hearing capabilities are therefore useful to understand the evolutionary and functional drivers behind the shift from aquatic to aerial hearing in early tetrapods. Here, we combine imaging techniques with neurophysiological measurements to resolve how the change from aquatic larvae to terrestrial adult affects the ear morphology and sensory capabilities of salamanders. We show that air-induced pressure detection enhances underwater hearing sensitivity of salamanders at frequencies above 120 Hz, and that both terrestrial adults and fully aquatic juvenile salamanders can detect airborne sound. Collectively, these findings suggest that early atympanic tetrapods may have been pre-equipped to aerial hearing and are able to hear airborne sound better than fish on land. When selected for, this rudimentary hearing could have led to the evolution of tympanic middle ears.
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