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On the sequence heterochrony of cranial ossification of bats in light of Haeckel's recapitulation theory

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23042

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chiroptera; EvoDevo; ontogeny; prenatal; skull

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  1. City University of Hong Kong Start-up Grant [9610466]
  2. National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2018R1D1A1B07041621]
  3. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [18H02492, 18H04816, 18K19359, 18KK0207]
  4. DFG
  5. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18KK0207, 18K19359] Funding Source: KAKEN

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The recent cases applying Haeckel's view to interpret interspecific variation of prenatal ontogeny have challenged the validity of Haeckel's recapitulation theory. By studying the prenatal ossification timing of the petrosal bone in bats, it was found that the trait developmental timing is evolutionarily labile and does not support Haeckel's recapitulation theory in many cases.
Haeckel's recapitulation theory has been a controversial topic in evolutionary biology. However, we have seen some recent cases applying Haeckel's view to interpret the interspecific variation of prenatal ontogeny. To revisit the validity of Haeckel's recapitulation theory, we take bats that have undergone drastic morphological changes and possess a characteristic ecology as a case study. All members of Rhinolophoidea and Yangochiroptera can generate an ultrasonic pulse from the larynx to interpret surrounding objects (laryngeal echolocation) whereas Pteropodidae lacks such ability. It is known that the petrosal bone is particularly derived in shape and expanded in laryngeal echolocators. If Haeckel's recapitulation theory holds, the formation of this derived trait should occur later than those of other bones. Therefore, we compared the prenatal ossification timing of the petrosal in 15 bat species and five outgroup species. We found that the ossification of the petrosal is accelerated in laryngeal echolocators while it is the last bone to ossify in non-laryngeal echolocating bats and non-volant mammals, which runs counter to the prediction generated by Haeckel's recapitulation theory. We point out the evolutionarily labile nature of trait developmental timing and emphasize that Haeckel's recapitulation theory does not hold in many cases. We caution that generating predictions on ancestral conditions and evolutionary history leading from Haeckel's recapitulation theory is not well supported.

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