Had to chirp about this one...🦗
This study explores independent losses of acoustic #communication in tree crickets and proposes a model to understand macroevolutionary dynamics of sensory regression.
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
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#BugSky #evolution #insect
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Our ancestral state reconstruction in tree crickets reveals multiple independent and irreversible losses of sound-producing and -receiving structures, supporting the convergent evolution of the silen...