Secretory gene recruitments in vampire bat salivary adaptation and potential convergences with sanguivorous leeches
Regulatory evolution is thought to be fundamental to adaptive evolution. However, the identification of specific regulatory changes responsible for adaptation are sparse. Bats of the family Phyllostomidae, owing to their unparalleled rate of ecological and morphological evolution, represent an ide...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00122/full |