Prenatal development supports a single origin of laryngeal echolocation in bats

@article{Wang2017PrenatalDS,  title={Prenatal development supports a single origin of laryngeal echolocation in bats},  author={Zhe Wang and Tengteng Zhu and Huiling Xue and Na Fang and Junpeng Zhang and Libiao Zhang and Jian Pang and Emma C. Teeling and Shuyi Zhang},  journal={Nature Ecology \&Evolution},  year={2017},  volume={1},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:29068452}}
An ontogenetic study of fetal cochlear development from seven species of bats and five outgroup mammals suggests that pteropodids maintain a vestigial developmental stage indicative of past echolocation capabilities and thus support a single origin of laryngeal echlocation in bats.

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