Behavioral innovation and genomic novelty are associated with the exploitation of a challenging dietary opportunity by an avivorous bat
Lixin Gong, Geng Yang, Zhiqiang Wang, Aiqing Lin, Huan Wu, Lei Feng, Zhenglanyi Huang, Hui Wu, Jiang Feng, Tinglei Jiang
Abstract
in flight can actively prey on birds in the night sky via echolocation cues. Genes associated with DNA damage repair, hypoxia adaptation, biting and mastication, and digestion and metabolism have evolved to adapt to this species' avivorous habits. Our results suggest that the evolution of behavioral innovation and genomic novelty are associated with the exploitation of challenging dietary opportunities.
Topics & Concepts
ForagingHuman echolocationPredationNoveltyBiologyAdaptation (eye)EcologyEcological nicheNicheZoologyEvolutionary biologyHabitatNeuroscienceTheologyPhilosophyBat Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine animal studies overviewPhysiological and biochemical adaptations