Evolutionary patterns of the inner ear of bats (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Evolutionary patterns of the inner ear of bats

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Yangochiroptera bats have an open inner ear canal with no wall, allowing for more evolutionary variation of the neurons in the ganglion, which is quite distinctive from other mammals.

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April I. Neander

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