Evolution of Vocal Diversity through Morphological Adaptation without Vocal Learning or Complex Neural Control
The evolution of complex behavior is driven by the interplay of morphological specializations and neuromuscular control mechanisms [1–3], and it is often difficult to tease apart their respective contributions. Avian vocal learning and associated neural adaptations are thought to have played a major...
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paper:paper_09609822_v27_n17_p2677_Garcia2023-06-08T15:57:57Z Evolution of Vocal Diversity through Morphological Adaptation without Vocal Learning or Complex Neural Control functional morphology suboscine syrinx tracheophone anatomy and histology animal Argentina evolution learning male Passeriformes physiology sound trachea vocalization Animals Argentina Biological Evolution Learning Male Passeriformes Sound Trachea Vocalization, Animal The evolution of complex behavior is driven by the interplay of morphological specializations and neuromuscular control mechanisms [1–3], and it is often difficult to tease apart their respective contributions. Avian vocal learning and associated neural adaptations are thought to have played a major role in bird diversification [4–8], whereas functional significance of substantial morphological diversity of the vocal organ remains largely unexplored. Within the most species-rich order, Passeriformes, “tracheophones” are a suboscine group that, unlike their oscine sister taxon, does not exhibit vocal learning [9] and is thought to phonate with tracheal membranes [10, 11] instead of the two independent sources found in other passerines [12–14]. Here we show tracheophones possess three sound sources, two oscine-like labial pairs and the unique tracheal membranes, which collectively represent the largest described number of sound sources for a vocal organ. Birds with experimentally disabled tracheal membranes were still able to phonate. Instead of the main sound source, the tracheal membranes constitute a morphological specialization, which, through interaction with bronchial labia, contributes to different acoustic features such as spectral complexity, amplitude modulation, and enhanced sound amplitude. In contrast, these same features arise in oscines from neuromuscular control of two labial sources [15–17]. These findings are supported by a modeling approach and provide a clear example for how a morphological adaptation of the tracheophone vocal organ can generate specific, complex sound features. Morphological specialization therefore constitutes an alternative path in the evolution of acoustic diversity to that of oscine vocal learning and complex neural control. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd 2017 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09609822_v27_n17_p2677_Garcia http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09609822_v27_n17_p2677_Garcia |
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functional morphology suboscine syrinx tracheophone anatomy and histology animal Argentina evolution learning male Passeriformes physiology sound trachea vocalization Animals Argentina Biological Evolution Learning Male Passeriformes Sound Trachea Vocalization, Animal |
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functional morphology suboscine syrinx tracheophone anatomy and histology animal Argentina evolution learning male Passeriformes physiology sound trachea vocalization Animals Argentina Biological Evolution Learning Male Passeriformes Sound Trachea Vocalization, Animal Evolution of Vocal Diversity through Morphological Adaptation without Vocal Learning or Complex Neural Control |
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functional morphology suboscine syrinx tracheophone anatomy and histology animal Argentina evolution learning male Passeriformes physiology sound trachea vocalization Animals Argentina Biological Evolution Learning Male Passeriformes Sound Trachea Vocalization, Animal |
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The evolution of complex behavior is driven by the interplay of morphological specializations and neuromuscular control mechanisms [1–3], and it is often difficult to tease apart their respective contributions. Avian vocal learning and associated neural adaptations are thought to have played a major role in bird diversification [4–8], whereas functional significance of substantial morphological diversity of the vocal organ remains largely unexplored. Within the most species-rich order, Passeriformes, “tracheophones” are a suboscine group that, unlike their oscine sister taxon, does not exhibit vocal learning [9] and is thought to phonate with tracheal membranes [10, 11] instead of the two independent sources found in other passerines [12–14]. Here we show tracheophones possess three sound sources, two oscine-like labial pairs and the unique tracheal membranes, which collectively represent the largest described number of sound sources for a vocal organ. Birds with experimentally disabled tracheal membranes were still able to phonate. Instead of the main sound source, the tracheal membranes constitute a morphological specialization, which, through interaction with bronchial labia, contributes to different acoustic features such as spectral complexity, amplitude modulation, and enhanced sound amplitude. In contrast, these same features arise in oscines from neuromuscular control of two labial sources [15–17]. These findings are supported by a modeling approach and provide a clear example for how a morphological adaptation of the tracheophone vocal organ can generate specific, complex sound features. Morphological specialization therefore constitutes an alternative path in the evolution of acoustic diversity to that of oscine vocal learning and complex neural control. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd |
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Evolution of Vocal Diversity through Morphological Adaptation without Vocal Learning or Complex Neural Control |
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Evolution of Vocal Diversity through Morphological Adaptation without Vocal Learning or Complex Neural Control |
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Evolution of Vocal Diversity through Morphological Adaptation without Vocal Learning or Complex Neural Control |
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Evolution of Vocal Diversity through Morphological Adaptation without Vocal Learning or Complex Neural Control |
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Evolution of Vocal Diversity through Morphological Adaptation without Vocal Learning or Complex Neural Control |
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evolution of vocal diversity through morphological adaptation without vocal learning or complex neural control |
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