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Early Development and Orientation of the Acoustic Funnel Provides Insight into the Evolution of Sound Reception Pathways in Cetaceans

Whales receive underwater sounds through a fundamentally different mechanism than their close terrestrial relatives. Instead of hearing through the ear canal, cetaceans hear through specialized fatty tissues leading to an evolutionarily novel feature: an acoustic funnel located anterior to the tympa...

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Autores principales: Yamato, Maya, Pyenson, Nicholas D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4356564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25760328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118582