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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography.

Ariadna E Morales, Yan Liang, William R Thomas, Evgeny V Leushkin, Francisco X Castellanos, Denis M Larkin, Tom Brown, Bastian Fromm, Suzanne J Hand, Zixia Huang and 126 more

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Ariadna E MoralesSenckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0637-7349
Yan Liang *Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2365-1239
William R Thomas *Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA.
Evgeny V Leushkin *Senckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany.
Francisco X Castellanos *Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0955-8185
Denis M Larkin *Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, UK.
Tom Brown *Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8293-4816
Bastian FrommThe Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0352-3037
Suzanne J HandSchool of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4940-3391
Zixia HuangSchool of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1298-0486
Graham M HughesSchool of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3088-345X
Matthew F JonesSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1350-9335
Burton K LimDepartment of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0884-0421
Meike MaiSchool of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-2880-5191
Eugene W MyersTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6580-7839
Martin PippelMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8134-5929
Sebastien J PuechmailleUniversity of Montpellier-CNRS-IRD, ISEM, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9517-5775
Nancy B SimmonsDepartment of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8807-7499
Linelle Ann L AbuegThe Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Nadav AhituvDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7434-8144
Zahran A AlAbdulsalamEnvironment Authority, Muscat Governorate, Oman.
Ine Alvarez van TussenbroekSchool of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-0531-3457
Dineilys V AparicioCenter of Animal Behavior, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-1609-852X
Lina M Arcila HernándezUniversity of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1662-0223
Alexander Ben HamadouSenckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-9826-902X
Petr BendaDepartment of Zoology, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.
Mark BlaxterTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2861-949X
Alex V BorisenkoBiodetics Data Solutions, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3061-3057
Jorge BroccaSOH Conservación, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Nair CabezónCenter of Animal Behavior, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.
Lucia CarboneDepartment of Medicine, KCVI, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-107X
Jose I CarvajalNew Cultivar Innovation, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2255-9705
Wharton O Y ChanProgramme for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4526-470X
Paul DavisTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5545-0824
Dina K N DechmannCenter of Animal Behavior, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0043-8267
Annette DenzingerInstitute for Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Judith L EgerDepartment of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Seth J EisebDepartment of Environmental Science, School of Science, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0408-4999
David EnardDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2634-8016
Mark D EngstromDepartment of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Nicole M FoleyVeterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-9436
Giulio FormentiThe Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-5991
Jackson FullerDepartment of National Parks and Wildlife, Research and Development Section, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Ismael GalvánDepartment of Evolutionary Ecology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-8592
Akshamal M GamageProgramme for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Neil J GemmellDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Otago, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0671-3637
Joanne E GillumDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Otago, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1069-0231
Alejandro Gonzales-IrribarrenSenckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7010-8146
Mailyn A GonzalezInstituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
Steven M GoodmanNegaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9318-0570
Jonathan GrayParatus Sciences, New York, NY, USA.
Carola GreveSenckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-1378
Michael W GuernseyDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-4982-2379
Edgar G GutiérrezLaboratorio de Bioconservación y Manejo, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, IPN, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6901-4924
Yelena GuttmanDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Michael HackenbergDepartment of Genetics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2248-3114
Elena HilarioNew Cultivar Innovation, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited, Auckland, New Zealand.
Leon HilgersSenckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3539-2513
Thomas W HorsleyDepartment of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-1669-2247
Melissa R de WaalDepartment of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9866-5646
Deirdre M JafferallyCobra Collective Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0532-9246
Erich D JarvisThe Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Sahieda A JoemratieAmazon Conservation Team, Paramaribo, Suriname.
Mirjam KnörnschildCenter of Animal Behavior, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0448-9600
Jenna E KohlesCenter of Animal Behavior, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9087-4849
Dimitrios-Georgios KontopoulosSenckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5082-1929
Bonhwang KooThe Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
M Elise LauterburDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7362-3618
Michael LetkoPaul G. Allen School for Global Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7640-2861
Harris A LewinJulie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Walton Center for Planetary Health, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Shenglin LiuSenckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany.
Darrell K LizamoreBragato Research Institute, Lincoln, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2551-2128
Brian D LloydScience and Research Directorate, Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.
Livia LoureiroMedical Affairs Organization, Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA.
M Cristina MacSwiney GCentro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9007-4622
Yury V MalovichkoSenckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2963-7932
Kirsty McCaffreyThe Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-4760-6653
Dominik W MelvilleInstitute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8908-3882
Magdalena MeyerInstitute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5388-3850
William O MgoolaDepartment of National Parks and Wildlife, Research and Development Section, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Matthieu MuffatoTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-3560
Vincent J MunsterLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, MT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2288-3196
William J MurphyVeterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3699-0723
Martina NagyMuseum für Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9768-3930
Nicolas NesiUniversity of Caen Normandy, INSERM, Normandie University, Caen, France.
Kimberly A NevonenDepartment of Medicine, KCVI, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Haris NicolaouDepartment of Forests, Ministry of Agriculture Rural Development and Environment, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Evans E NkrumahDepartment of Wildlife and Range Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6032-7775
Zacharias NormanBina Hill Institute Youth Learning Centre, Bina Hill, Guyana.
Brian P O'TooleThe Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-9098-1437
Sarah H OlsonWildlife Conservation Society, Health Program, Bronx, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8484-9006
Alain OndzieWildlife Health Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
Bismark A OpokuInstitute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Jorge OrtegaLaboratorio de Bioconservación y Manejo, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, IPN, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1132-1910
William S PearmanDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Otago, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-8499
Francy J Perez-LlanosWest German Genome Center (WGGC), Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9488-0904
Kendra L PhelpsDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3120-4802
Myrtani PieriSchool of Life and Health Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Sarahjane PowerSchool of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Maksym PrylutskyiDepartment of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2619-5964
Paola Pulido-SantacruzEscuela de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7125-0304
Guoying QiTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1262-8973
Bernal Rodríguez-HerreraSchool of Biology and Center for Research in Biodiversity and Tropical Ecology (CIBET), University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Danny RojasDepartment of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Cali, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5835-0324
Indranee RoopsindEnvironmental Management Consultants Guyana, Ogle, East Coast Demerara, Guyana.
Stephen J RossiterSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3881-4515
Constance ScharffInstitute of Biology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Tilman SchellSenckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6431-6018
Stephanie N SeifertPaul G. Allen School for Global Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4397-6156
Fernando SimalWildconscience, Kralendijk, Bonaire, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1264-460X
Pipat SoisookPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Simone SommerInstitute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-8136
Andrew SpaltonIndependent Wildlife Consultant, Muscat, Oman.
Emma L StoneBat Conservation Research Lab, Milner Research Institute, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Peter H SudmantDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9573-8248
Sam TalbotThe Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Robert M TimmBiodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Laura UelzeMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.
Nathan S UphamSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5412-9342
Marek UvizlSchool of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6366-8567
Peter ValloCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2145-1129
Juan M VazquezDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8341-2390
Lin-Fa WangProgramme for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2752-0535
Linet C WatsonFreshwater Quality Monitoring Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6189-1781
Daniel WhitbyAEWC Ltd/BatCRU, Fittleworth, UK.
Sylke WinklerMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0915-3316
York WinterInstitute for Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7828-1872
Laurel R YoheDepartment of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1567-8749
Monika ZavodnaOtago Genomics Facility, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-3996-9588
Ning ZhangParatus Sciences, New York, NY, USA.
Huabin ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7848-6392
David A RayDepartment of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA. david.4.ray@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-3987
Sonja C VernesSchool of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK. scv1@st-andrews.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0305-4584
Liliana M DávalosDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA. liliana.davalos@stonybrook.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4327-7697
Michael HillerSenckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany. michael.hiller@senckenberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3024-1449
Emma C TeelingTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. emma.teeling@ucd.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3309-1346

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bats are extraordinary among mammals, having uniquely evolved powered flight and laryngeal echolocation, along with disease resistance, extended healthspans and the ability to hibernate

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ChiropteraFossilsGenomePhylogenyAnimalsEcholocationEvolution, MolecularFlight, AnimalGenomicsPhylogeography

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PMID42778608
PMCPMC13626947

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