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Molecular Evolution Is Echoed In Bat Ears

eurekalert.org — Echolocation may have evolved more than once in bats. Researchers investigated the evolution of a gene called Prestin in echolocating bats – mammals with the most sensitive hearing at high frequencies. Prestin codes for a protein of the outer hair cells – the tiny structures in the inner ear that help to give mammals their sensitive hearing.

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