Chapter 8
The title of chapter 8
What is Making Scents?
The section of primitive organisms that our (humans) ear bones evolved from
What is the jaw?
The type of genes the authors of this article were experimenting on
What are hearing loss genes
The type of olfactory receptors that dolphins and whales have.
The name of the three ear bones that evolved from our ancestors.
What is the malleus, incus, and stapes?
The journal our article was published in.
What is BMC biology?
The name of the organ that relays information to other parts of the brain after odor molecules enter through the nasal cavity.
What is the olfactory bulb?
The section of ear that amplifies sound.
What is the middle ear?
The name of at least one of the authors of our research article.
What is Anabella, Francisco, or Lucía.
These nonfunctional DNA sequences, shared in the same locations across different species, act as “genetic fossils” and provide strong evidence for common ancestry.
What are pseudogenes?
The name of the system that helps us keep our balance.
What is the vestibular system?
The type of selection where genes stay similar because changes would be harmful.
What is purifying selection?
What are Linda and Richard?
The name of the organs that allows fish to detect the movement of water around them.
What are the neuromast organs?
In humans, more evolutionary changes occurred in these regions over protein-making regions.
What are gene regulation regions?