The role of miniaturization in the evolution of the mammalian jaw and middle ear
- Submitting institution
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The University of Hull
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1398469
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41586-018-0521-4
- Title of journal
- Nature
- Article number
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- First page
- 533
- Volume
- 561
- Issue
- 7724
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This NERC funded research answers one of the most important and intriguing questions in mammalian evolution – how did the mammalian jaw and middle ear evolve from elements of the ancestral jaw bones over 200 million years ago? The results demonstrate how miniaturization provided the opportunity for the mammalian jaw to develop while allowing the restructuring of the postdentary bones into a complex sound detection system. The paper was reported by 21 news outlets worldwide, and is in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric (https://www.altmetric.com/details/48542476).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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