Jorgewich-Cohen, Gabriel, Townsend, Simon W., Padovese, Linilson Rodrigues, Klein, Nicole, Praschag, Peter, Ferrara, Camila R., Ettmar, Stephan, Menezes, Sabrina, Varani, Arthur Pinatti, Serano, Jaren and Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R. (2022) Common evolutionary origin of acoustic communication in choanate vertebrates. Nature Communications, 13 (1). 6089. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33741-8 ISSN 2041-1723.

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Abstract

Acoustic communication, broadly distributed along the vertebrate phylogeny, plays a fundamental role in parental care, mate attraction and various other behaviours. Despite its importance, comparatively less is known about the evolutionary roots of acoustic communication. Phylogenetic comparative analyses can provide insights into the deep time evolutionary origin of acoustic communication, but they are often plagued by missing data from key species. Here we present evidence for 53 species of four major clades (turtles, tuatara, caecilian and lungfish) in the form of vocal recordings and contextual behavioural information accompanying sound production. This and a broad literature-based dataset evidence acoustic abilities in several groups previously considered non-vocal. Critically, phylogenetic analyses encompassing 1800 species of choanate vertebrates reconstructs acoustic communication as a homologous trait, and suggests that it is at least as old as the last common ancestor of all choanate vertebrates, that lived approx. 407 million years before present.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Animal communication, Sound production by animals, Animal behavior, Vertebrates -- Phylogeny, Vertebrates -- Evolution
Journal or Publication Title:	Nature Communications
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	2041-1723
Official Date:	25 October 2022
Dates:	Date Event 25 October 2022 Published 30 September 2022 Accepted
Volume:	13
Number:	1
Article Number:	6089
DOI:	10.1038/s41467-022-33741-8
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	2 November 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access:	2 November 2022
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID 2020.0190 Switzerland. Bundeskanzlei http://viaf.org/viaf/149514723 31003A‑169395 [SNSF] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001711 UNSPECIFIED Switzerland. Bundeskanzlei http://viaf.org/viaf/149514723

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