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Open AccessEvidence of auditory insensitivity to vocalization frequencies in two frogs
The emergence and maintenance of animal communication systems requires the co-evolution of signal and receiver. Frogs and toads rely heavily on acoustic communication for coordinating reproduction and typicall...
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Animals and ICE: meaning, origin, and diversity
ICE stands for internally coupled ears. More than half of the terrestrial vertebrates, such as frogs, lizards, and birds, as well as many insects, are equipped with ICE that utilize an air-filled cavity connec...
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Open AccessEvolution in Lego ®: A Physical Simulation of Adaptation by Natural Selection
We describe a physical simulation of natural selection in a population of legorgs, six-segment model organisms. Legorg morphology is genetically specified by five alleles on each segment. Legorgs show a simple...
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Acoustical Coupling of Lizard Eardrums
Lizard ears are clear examples of two-input pressure-difference receivers, with up to 40-dB differences in eardrum vibration amplitude in response to ipsi- and contralateral stimulus directions. The directiona...
