Karyotypic stasis and swarming influenced the evolution of viral tolerance in a species-rich bat radiation

Foley, Nicole M.; Harris, Andrew J.; Bredemeyer, Kevin R.; Ruedi, Manuel; Puechmaille, Sebastien J.; Teeling, Emma C.; Criscitiello, Michael F.; Murphy, William J.

doi:10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100482

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“…However, reconstructions based on different regions of the genome (i.e. mitochondrial versus nuclear markers) provide conflicting phylogenetic perspectives ( Foley et al , 2024 ; Morales et al , 2019 ). This new, complete genome associated with comparable Myotis genomes (e.g.…”

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The genome sequence of Daubenton’s bat, Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)

Ruedi,

Vernes,

Teeling

et al. 2024

Wellcome Open Res

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The genome sequence of Daubenton’s bat, Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)

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Challenges in the Vespertilionidae phylogeny: resolving Pipistrellus nathusii placement and affirming generic status for Asian pipistrelles

Dool,

Puechmaille

2024

Journal of Mammalogy

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Vespertilionidae is a species-rich family of bats that experienced rapid diversification events and contains many morphologically conserved taxa, resulting in challenges to taxonomic and phylogenetic resolution for members of this family. One example of a challenging group is the pipistrelles, which several studies have recovered as paraphyletic. Pipistrellus nathusii is noteworthy for being recovered either as sister to other European Pipistrellus species, more closely related to Nyctalus, or sister to the clade comprising Nyctalus and European Pipistrellus species. Using a core data set of 6 nuclear introns, and an extended data set of 10 nuclear introns, we employ multiple independent phylogenetic methods that are robust in the presence of incomplete lineage sorting or hybridization to resolve the placement of P. nathusii. In addition, our data confirm the distinction of the Asian Pipistrelle taxa which form a distinct genus sister to the clade comprising Vansonia, Pipistrellus, and Nyctalus.

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Distinct Genes with Similar Functions Underlie Convergent Evolution in Myotis Bat Ecomorphs

Morales,

Burbrink,

Segall

et al. 2024

Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Convergence offers an opportunity to explore to what extent evolution can be predictable when genomic compositions and environmental triggers are similar. Here we present an emergent model system to study convergent evolution in nature in a mammalian group, the bat genus Myotis. Three foraging strategies – gleaning, trawling, and aerial hawking, each characterized by different sets of phenotypic features – have evolved independently multiple times in different biogeographic regions in isolation for millions of years. To investigate the genomic basis of convergence and explore the functional genomic changes linked to ecomorphological convergence, we sequenced and annotated 17 new genomes and screened 16,426 genes for positive selection and associations between relative evolutionary rates and foraging strategies across 30 bat species representing all Myotis ecomorphs across geographic regions as well as among sister groups. We identify genomic changes that describe both phylogenetic and ecomorphological trends. We infer that colonization of new environments may have first required changes in genes linked to hearing sensory perception, followed by changes linked to fecundity and development, metabolism of carbohydrates, and heme degradation. These changes may be linked to prey acquisition and digestion and match phylogenetic trends. Our findings also suggest that the repeated evolution of ecomorphs does not always involve changes in the same genes but rather in genes with the same molecular functions such as developmental and cellular processes.

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Karyotypic stasis and swarming influenced the evolution of viral tolerance in a species-rich bat radiation

Cited by 5 publications

References 122 publications

The genome sequence of Daubenton’s bat, Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)

The genome sequence of Daubenton’s bat, Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)

Challenges in the Vespertilionidae phylogeny: resolving Pipistrellus nathusii placement and affirming generic status for Asian pipistrelles

Distinct Genes with Similar Functions Underlie Convergent Evolution in Myotis Bat Ecomorphs

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