{"id":1184,"date":"2021-12-19T22:43:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T22:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/evolution\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2022-03-28T04:45:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T04:45:11","slug":"imaging-technology-shows-how-whales-sensory-systems-have-evolved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/evolution\/imaging-technology-shows-how-whales-sensory-systems-have-evolved\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaging Technology Shows how Whales\u2019 Sensory Systems have Evolved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"xmsonormal\">If you\u2019ve ever had an ear infection that made you dizzy or unbalanced, the infection likely was affecting your vestibular complex\u2014part of the intricate system of hard and soft tissues that make up the inner ear. Knowledge of this structure has been made possible through computed tomography scans\u2014imaging technology that continues to shape our understanding of evolution across species.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1377282\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1377282\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377282\" style=\"border: 0px;font-style: inherit;font-variant: inherit;font-weight: inherit;line-height: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 22.7167px;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;vertical-align: middle;max-width: 100%;height: auto;width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-news\/files\/20201002130854\/Rachel-Raciot-300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" data-attachment-id=\"1377282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2020\/10\/02\/vanderbilt-paleontologists-host-national-fossil-day-event-for-kids-oct-10\/rachel-raciot-300\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-news\/files\/20201002130854\/Rachel-Raciot-300.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,188\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rachel Raciot 300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rachel Racicot with beluga Juno at Mystic Aquarium, CT (Darroch)&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-news\/files\/20201002130854\/Rachel-Raciot-300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-news\/files\/20201002130854\/Rachel-Raciot-300.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1377282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Racicot with beluga whale Juno at Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut (Darroch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">In a review of a century of research on sensory systems of whales,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biosci\/bio\/rachel-racicot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rachel Racicot<\/a>, research assistant professor of biological sciences, describes advances in the field and key questions that remain. 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