Robust evidence for bats as reservoir hosts is lacking in most African virus studies: a review and call to optimize sampling and conserve bats

N Weber, M Nagy, W Markotter, J Schaer… - Biology …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Africa experiences frequent emerging disease outbreaks among humans, with bats often
proposed as zoonotic pathogen hosts. We comprehensively reviewed virus–bat findings …

Karyotype evolution in Vespertilionoidea: Centromere repositioning and inversions in Molossidae (Chiroptera, Mammalia)

M Volleth, KG Heller, C Tidemann, HS Yong… - Acta …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Detailed karyotype analysis including fluorescence in-situ hybridization with chromosome-
specific and sub-regional probes revealed novel cytogenetic signatures for elucidating …

Functional anatomy of the wing muscles of the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) using dissection and diceCT

RWP Kissane, A Griffiths, AC Sharp - Journal of anatomy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bats are unique among mammals for evolving powered flight. However, very little data are
available on the muscle properties and architecture of bat flight muscles. Diffusible iodine …

Molecular and Morphological Systematics of Phyllostomid Bats: Insights from complete mitochondrial genomes

MAC Monge - 2024 - theses.hal.science
This thesis explores the molecular and morphological systematics of Phyllostomid bats,
utilizing complete mitochondrial genomes to illuminate the evolutionary relationships …