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Working with researcher from East China Normal University in Shanghai, Professor Gareth Jones of the University of Bristol and Dr Stephen Rossiter of Queen Mary, University of London investigated the evolution of a gene called Prestin in echolocating bats, mammals with the most sensitive hearing at high frequencies.
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Professor Gareth Jones of the University of Bristol and Dr Stephen Rossiter of Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with colleagues from East China Normal University in Shanghai, investigated the evolution of a gene called Prestin in echolocating bats - mammals with the most sensitive hearing at high frequencies.
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Federal Criminal charges against you, Amanda Prestin
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In Plymouth, Vt., Chris Tomborello was sitting on the front porch of her cabin Thursday with her 13-year-old son, Prestin.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SAMANTHA HENRY 2011
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Prestin is found in the outer hair cells of the cochlea, which act as an amplifier in the inner ear.
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Rossiter and colleague James Cotton teamed up with Shuyi Zhang from East China Normal University to sequence the Prestin gene, which describes a key protein found in the inner-ear hair cells of all mammals.
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Prestin is common across mammals, although many different variants exist; mutations of the human version cause people to lose high-frequency hearing.
Discover Blogs 2010
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By adding another distantly related group of echolocating mammals -- toothed whales -- to the picture, two groups of researchers working independently demonstrate a more widespread convergence of Prestin among echolocating organisms, suggesting that molecular convergence may be more common than previously believed.
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Prestin changes shape when exposed to high-frequency sound, and this in turn deforms the fine hair cells, setting off an electrical impulse to the brain.
Discover Blogs 2010
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One echolocating whale species, the sperm whale, however, was not grouped with echolocating bats on the basis of its Prestin sequence.
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