The complex evolutionary history of the tympanic middle ear in frogs and toads (Anura)

Most anurans possess a tympanic middle ear (TME) that transmits sound waves to the inner ear; however, numerous species lack some or all TME components. To understand the evolution of these structures, we undertook a comprehensive assessment of their occurrence across anurans and performed ancestral...

• Autor principal: Pereyra, Martín (author)
• Outros Autores: Womack, Molly (author), Barrionuevo, Sebastián (author), Botto, Boris (author), Baldo, Diego (author), Targino, Mariane (author), Ospina-Sarria, Jhon (author), Guayasamín, Juan (author)
• Formato: article
• Idioma: eng
• Publicado em: 2016
• Acesso em linha: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep34130#:~:text=The%20inferred%20evolutionary%20history%20of%20the%20TME%20is,ancestor%2C%20preceding%20a%20radiation%20of%20%3E150%20earless%20species.; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14809/3525