Molecular parallelism in fast-twitch muscle proteins in echolocating mammals
J.-H. Lee, K. M. Lewis, T. W. Moural, B. Kirilenko, B. Borgonovo, G. Prange, M. Koessl, S. Huggenberger, C. Kang, 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.
bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2018Evolutionary Biology