Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Molecular parallelism in fast-twitch muscle proteins in echolocating mammals
J.-H. Lee, K. M. Lewis, T. W. Moural…·M. Hiller
The paper identifies parallel amino acid substitutions in fast-twitch muscle proteins of echolocating bats and toothed whales, suggesting a role in convergent evolution of superfast muscle physiology for echolocation.
DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aat9660