Bats possess extraordinary adaptations, including flight, echolocation, extreme longevity
and unique immunity. High-quality genomes are crucial for understanding the molecular …

Bats are unique among mammals, possessing some of the rarest mammalian adaptations,
including true self-powered flight, laryngeal echolocation, exceptional longevity, unique …

Historically, the evolution of bats has been analyzed using a small number of genetic loci for
many species or many genetic loci for a few species. Here we present a phylogeny of 18 bat …

Abstract Comprising more than 1,400 species, bats possess adaptations unique among
mammals including powered flight, unexpected longevity, and extraordinary immunity. Some …

Adaptation to specialized diets often requires modifications at both genomic and microbiome
levels. We applied a hologenomic approach to the common vampire bat (Desmodus …

Evolution is typically thought to proceed through divergence of genes, proteins and
ultimately phenotypes,,. However, similar traits might also evolve convergently in unrelated …

Bats make up more than 20% of extant mammals, yet their evolutionary history is largely
unknown because of a limited fossil record and conflicting or incomplete phylogenies. Here …

Mammals are one of the better known groups of animals, and in the Neotropics bats typically
comprise about half of the mammalian species diversity. But, well resolved species-level …

Bats are the only mammals capable of powered flight, but little is known about the genetic
determinants that shape their wings. Here we generated a genome for Miniopterus …

As top predators, falcons possess unique morphological, physiological and behavioral
adaptations that allow them to be successful hunters: for example, the peregrine is …