Natural mutants in mammalian facial morphology: A review of palate clefting in bats

IF 4.1 3区综合性期刊 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Pub Date : 2025-04-27 DOI:10.1111/nyas.15353

Greta M. Keller, Karen E. Sears

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Abstract

Bats (order Chiroptera) exhibit great diversity in the size and shape of their palates. One palate characteristic in particular that diverges from other mammals is the presence of a natural and nonpathological cleft palate in roughly half of the ∼1500 species of bats. Despite being typically detrimental when present in other mammals, bats have repeatedly evolved a midline cleft palate in at least 10 lineages and a bilateral cleft palate at least once and, based on observations presented, possibly more. Additionally, some bats that typically do not have a nonpathological cleft palate have been shown to develop pathological palate clefting. Palate clefting in bats therefore has the potential to offer new perspectives on palate development and morphology. In this review, we discuss some of what is currently known regarding the evolution and development, proposed adaptive significance, biomechanics, and diversity of cleft palate in bats and explore avenues for further research on this important topic.

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哺乳动物面部形态的自然突变：蝙蝠腭裂的研究综述

蝙蝠（翼翅目）在腭的大小和形状上表现出极大的多样性。与其他哺乳动物不同的一个特别的上颚特征是，在约1500种蝙蝠中，大约有一半存在自然和非病理性的腭裂。尽管在其他哺乳动物中出现时通常是有害的，但蝙蝠在至少10个谱系中反复进化出中线腭裂，至少一次进化出双侧腭裂，根据观察，可能不止一次。此外，一些通常没有非病理性腭裂的蝙蝠已被证明会发展为病理性腭裂。因此，蝙蝠的腭裂有可能为腭裂发育和形态学提供新的视角。在本文中，我们讨论了目前已知的蝙蝠腭裂的进化和发展，提出的适应意义，生物力学和多样性，并探讨了进一步研究这一重要课题的途径。

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CiteScore

11.00

自引率

1.90%

发文量

193

审稿时长

2-4 weeks

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