... for neuroscience research. However, an oncoming wave of technologies applicable to many animals hold promise for enabling researchers to address challenging scientific questions that cannot be solved using traditional laboratory animals. Here, we discuss how leveraging the convergent evolution of physiological...

... . Evolution   62 , 3135 - 3156 . 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00519.x Stayton , C. T. ( 2015 ). The definition, recognition, and interpretation of convergent evolution, and two new measures for quantifying and assessing the significance of convergence . Evolution   69 , 2140 - 2153 . 10.1111/evo...

... of mechanoreceptive lateral line neuromasts and convergent evolution of sleep loss. Ablation of the lateral line enhanced sleep in the Pachón cavefish population, suggesting that heightened sensory input underlies evolutionarily derived sleep loss. Targeted lateral line ablation and behavioral analysis localized...

...David W. Murphy; Deepak Adhikari; Donald R. Webster; Jeannette Yen ABSTRACT In a remarkable example of convergent evolution, we show that the zooplanktonic sea butterfly Limacina helicina ‘flies’ underwater in the same way that very small insects fly in the air. Both sea butterflies and flying...

... the growing notion that fast sonar sampling accompanied by a low output level is critical for high rate feedback to inform motor patterns during prey interception in all echolocating toothed whales. © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Echolocation Buzz Convergent evolution Prey...

.... 29 7 2013 24 10 2013 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Neuromast Adaptive behavior Cupula Hydrodynamics Convergent evolution Sensory evolution The evolution of sensory systems can be crucial for an animal to adapt to a new environment...

... in nectarivorous, flying animals. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 31 8 2010 © 2011. 2011 energetics fuel use muscle metabolism convergent evolution foraging thermoregulation mitochondria Metabolic fuel use during exercise is a subject of great interest...

..., Rootstown, OH 44272, USA ( [email protected] ) 15 9 2009 © 2009. 2009 acoustic parasitoid categorical perception convergent evolution cricket insect hearing phonotaxis Studies of evolution in mate recognition systems for reproduction have focused on communication within...

... apparatus, the Johnston organ ( Boo and Richards, 1975 ). This sensory modality mediates the detection of intraspecific communication signals ( Bennet-Clark, 1984 ; Michelsen and Larsen, 1985 ). Diptera tympanum auditory mechanics acoustic parasitism directional hearing convergent evolution...