Using GPS to Map Bat Teeth, Explore Diet Adaptations

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

In a clever use of GPS technology, UMass Amherst biologists mapped the topography of bat teeth as if they were mountain ranges, in order to better understand how toothy ridges and valleys have evolved in relation to diet in species that eat everything from hard-shelled insects to blood and nectar.

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