Publication Date:
1991-02-22
Description:
The traditional view that Old World fruit bats (Megachiroptera) and insect bats (Microchiroptera) are closely related has been challenged by claims that Megachiroptera are the sister group to flying lemurs (Dermoptera) or Primates. We found that the specialized muscles of the rostral part of the wing in Microchiroptera and Megachiroptera receive double innervation by both the facial nerve and cervical spinal nerves, suggesting that bats are monophyletic. Innervation by the facial nerve also occurs in Dermoptera and suggests that bats and Dermoptera share a common ancestor that had wings.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Thewissen, J G -- Babcock, S K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Feb 22;251(4996):934-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2000493" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Chiroptera/*physiology
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Cranial Nerves/anatomy & histology/*physiology
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Flight, Animal
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Muscles/*innervation
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Phylogeny
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Species Specificity
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Spinal Nerves/anatomy & histology/*physiology
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Wings, Animal/innervation
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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