Virginia TechZhang, Z. W.Truong, S. N.Müller, Rolf2013-12-102013-12-102009-07-17Zhang, Zhiwei ; Truong, Son Nguyen ; Mueller, Rolf, Jul 17, 2009. “Acoustic Effects Accurately Predict an Extreme Case of Biological Morphology,” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 103(3): 038701. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.0387010031-9007http://hdl.handle.net/10919/24518The biosonar system of bats utilizes physical baffle shapes around the sites of ultrasound emission for diffraction-based beam forming. Among these shapes, some extreme cases have evolved that include a long noseleaf protrusion (sella) in a species of horseshoe bat. We have evaluated the acoustic cost function associated with sella length with a computational physics approach and found that the extreme length can be predicted accurately from a fiducial point on this function. This suggests that some extreme cases of biological morphology can be explained from their physical function alone.application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightHorseshoe batEcholocationFerrumequinumEvolutionNoseleafPhysicsArticle - Refereedhttp://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.038701https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.038701