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ArticleNature2024

Evolutionary novelties underlie sound production in baleen whales.

Coen P H Elemans, Weili Jiang, Mikkel H Jensen, Helena Pichler, Bo R Mussman, Jacob Nattestad, Magnus Wahlberg, Xudong Zheng, Qian Xue, W Tecumseh Fitch

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Vocal registers expand signal diversity in vertebrate vocal communication.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  8. Exploring nonlinear phenomena in animal vocalizations through oscillator theory.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  9. Applying nonlinear dynamics to the voice: a historical perspective.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  10. Application of nonlinear dynamics theory to understanding normal and pathologic voices in humans.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  16. The Soft Palate Enables Extreme Feeding and Explosive Breathing in the Fin Whale (Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2024
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  17. Mechanistic constraint and evolutionary history matter for the origin of innovation in animal communication.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Coen P H ElemansSound Communication and Behaviour Group, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. coen@biology.sdu.dk.ORCID 0000-0001-6306-5715
Weili JiangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7576-9653
Mikkel H JensenSound Communication and Behaviour Group, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Helena PichlerDepartment of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Bo R MussmanDepartment of Radiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Jacob NattestadDepartment of Radiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Magnus WahlbergSound Communication and Behaviour Group, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Xudong ZhengDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
Qian XueDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8462-1271
W Tecumseh FitchDepartment of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. tecumseh.fitch@univie.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0003-1830-0928

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF W 1262NovoNordisk
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Baleen whales (mysticetes) use vocalizations to mediate their complex social and reproductive behaviours in vast, opaque marine environments

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Biological EvolutionLarynxSoundVocalization, AnimalWhalesAnimalsBirdsHumans

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