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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2018

Testing the sensory trade-off hypothesis in New World bats.

Jinwei Wu, Hengwu Jiao, Nancy B Simmons, Qin Lu, Huabin Zhao

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jinwei WuDepartment of Ecology and Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-9920-4609
Hengwu JiaoDepartment of Ecology and Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
Nancy B SimmonsDepartment of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA.
Qin LuDepartment of Ecology and Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China luqin@whu.edu.cn.
Huabin ZhaoDepartment of Ecology and Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China huabinzhao@whu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-7848-6392
Wuhan University · CNAmerican Museum of Natural History · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detection of evolutionary shifts in sensory systems is challenging. By adopting a molecular approach, our earlier study proposed a sensory trade-off hypothesis between a loss of colour vision and an origin of high-duty-cycle (HDC) echolocation in Old World bats. Here, we test the hypothesis in New World bats, which include HDC echolocators that are distantly related to Old World HDC echolocators, as well as vampire bats, which have an infrared sensory system apparently unique among bats. Through sequencing the short-wavelength opsin gene (

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Biological EvolutionEcholocationPolymorphism, GeneticAmericasAnimalsChiropteraPhylogenyRod OpsinsSequence Analysis, DNARod Opsinsshort-wavelength opsinecholocationopsinpseudogenesensory trade-offvampire bat

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PMID30158315
PMCPMC6125922
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