ArticleCurrent biology : CB2022
Coevolution of motor cortex and behavioral specializations associated with flight and echolocation in bats.
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- Vocal learning-associated convergent evolution in mammalian proteins and regulatory elements.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Reversible deactivation of motor cortex reveals that areas in parietal cortex are differentially dependent on motor cortex for the generation of movement.Journal of neurophysiology · 2024Article
- Convergence in hearing-related genes between echolocating birds and mammals.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
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Abstract
Bats have evolved behavioral specializations that are unique among mammals, including self-propelled flight and echolocation. However, areas of motor cortex that are critical in the generation and fine control of these unique behaviors have never been fully characterized in any bat species, despite the fact that bats compose ∼25% of extant mammalian species. Using intracortical microstimulation, we examined the organization of motor cortex in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus), a species that has evolved a novel form of tongue-based echolocation.
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