A tiny change to an inner ear bone led bats to evolve into two groups

The common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) belongs to the Yangochiroptera group of bats A single bone in the inner ear marks the difference between the two major groups of bats. The anatomical difference arose very early in the history of these animals. It may have led the two groups to evolve different forms of...

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Emma Teeling Ireland Pipistrellus University College Dublin University of Chicago Zhe-Xi Luo