ArticleGenetics and molecular biology2021
Making a bat: The developmental basis of bat evolution.
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- Leveraging organoid models to understand mechanisms of viral infections and immunity in bats.Disease models & mechanisms · 2026Review
- Evolving a bat wing by reusing an existing gene program.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
- Limited cell-autonomous anticancer mechanisms in long-lived bats.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Comparative transcriptomics in serial organs uncovers early and pan-organ developmental changes associated with organ-specific morphological adaptation.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Adaptive Evolution of the Greater Horseshoe BatAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Bat humoral immunity and its role in viral pathogenesis, transmission, and zoonosis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Bat teeth illuminate the diversification of mammalian tooth classes.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Insights into the formation and diversification of a novel chiropteran wing membrane from embryonic development.BMC biology · 2023Article
- Genome assembly of the Pendlebury's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros pendleburyi, revealed the expansion of Tc1/Mariner DNA transposons in Rhinolophoidea.DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes · 2022Article
- Constitutive IFNα Protein Production in Bats.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Bats are incredibly diverse, both morphologically and taxonomically. Bats are the only mammalian group to have achieved powered flight, an adaptation that is hypothesized to have allowed them to colonize various and diverse ecological niches. However, the lack of fossils capturing the transition from terrestrial mammal to volant chiropteran has obscured much of our understanding of bat evolution. Over the last 20 years, the emergence of evo-devo in non-model species has started to fill this gap by uncovering some developmental mechanisms at the origin of bat diversification. In this review, we highlight key aspects of studies that have used bats as a model for morphological adaptations, diversification during adaptive radiations, and morphological novelty. To do so, we review current and ongoing studies on bat evolution. We first investigate morphological specialization by reviewing current knowledge about wing and face evolution. Then, we explore the mechanisms behind adaptive diversification in various ecological contexts using vision and dentition. Finally, we highlight the emerging work into morphological novelties using bat wing membranes.
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