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, Graham M. Hughes, Matthew F. Jones, Burton K. Lim, Meike Mai, Eugene W. Myers, Martin Pippel, Sebastien J. Puechmaille, Nancy B. Simmons, Linelle Ann L. Abueg, Nadav Ahituv, Zahran A. AlAbdulsalam, Ine Alvarez van Tussenbroek, Dineilys V. Aparicio, Lina M. Arcila Hernández, Alexander Ben Hamadou, Petr Benda, Mark Blaxter, Alex V. Borisenko, Jorge Brocca, Nair Cabezón, Lucia Carbone, Jose I. Carvajal, Wharton O. Y. Chan, Paul Davis, Dina K. N. Dechmann, Annette Denzinger, Judith L. Eger, Seth J. Eiseb, David Enard, Mark D. Engstrom, Nicole M. Foley, Giulio Formenti, Jackson Fuller, Ismael Galván, Akshamal M. Gamage, Neil J. Gemmell, Joanne E. Gillum, Alejandro Gonzales-Irribarren, Mailyn A. Gonzalez, Steven M. Goodman, Jonathan Gray, Carola Greve, Michael W. Guernsey, Edgar G. Gutiérrez, Yelena Guttman, Michael Hackenberg, Elena Hilario, Leon Hilgers, Thomas W. Horsley, Melissa R. de Waal, Deirdre M. Jafferally, Erich D. Jarvis, Sahieda A. Joemratie, Mirjam Knörnschild, Jenna E. Kohles, Dimitrios-Georgios Kontopoulos, Bonhwang Koo, M. Elise Lauterbur, Michael Letko, Harris A. Lewin, Shenglin Liu, Darrell K. Lizamore, Brian D. Lloyd, Livia Loureiro, M. Cristina MacSwiney G, Yury V. Malovichko, Kirsty McCaffrey, Dominik W. Melville, Magdalena Meyer, William O. Mgoola, Matthieu Muffato, Vincent J. Munster, William J. Murphy, Martina Nagy, Nicolas Nesi, Kimberly A. Nevonen, Haris Nicolaou, Evans E. Nkrumah, Zacharias Norman, Brian P. O’Toole, Sarah H. Olson, Alain Ondzie, Bismark A. Opoku, Jorge Ortega, William S. Pearman, Francy J. Perez-Llanos, Kendra L. Phelps, Myrtani Pieri, Sarahjane Power, Maksym Prylutskyi, Paola Pulido-Santacruz, Guoying Qi, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera, Danny Rojas, Indranee Roopsind, Stephen J. Rossiter, Constance Scharff, Tilman Schell, Stephanie N. Seifert, Fernando Simal, Pipat Soisook, Simone Sommer, Andrew Spalton, Emma L. Stone, Peter H. Sudmant, Sam Talbot, Robert M. Timm, Laura Uelze, Nathan S. Upham, Marek Uvizl, Peter Vallo, Juan M. Vazquez, Lin-Fa Wang, Linet C. Watson, Daniel Whitby, Sylke Winkler, York Winter, Laurel R. Yohe, Monika Zavodna, Ning Zhang, Huabin Zhao, David A. Ray, Sonja C. Vernes, Liliana M. Dávalos, Michael Hiller, Emma C. Teeling

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3,
title = {Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography},
author = {Ariadna E. Morales and Yan Liang and William R. Thomas and Evgeny V. Leushkin and Francisco X. Castellanos and Denis M. Larkin and Tom Brown and Bastian Fromm and Suzanne J. Hand and Zixia Huang and Graham M. Hughes and Matthew F. Jones and Burton K. Lim and Meike Mai and Eugene W. Myers and Martin Pippel and Sebastien J. Puechmaille and Nancy B. Simmons and Linelle Ann L. Abueg and Nadav Ahituv and Zahran A. AlAbdulsalam and Ine Alvarez van Tussenbroek and Dineilys V. Aparicio and Lina M. Arcila Hernández and Alexander Ben Hamadou and Petr Benda and Mark Blaxter and Alex V. Borisenko and Jorge Brocca and Nair Cabezón and Lucia Carbone and Jose I. Carvajal and Wharton O. Y. Chan and Paul Davis and Dina K. N. Dechmann and Annette Denzinger and Judith L. Eger and Seth J. Eiseb and David Enard and Mark D. Engstrom and Nicole M. Foley and Giulio Formenti and Jackson Fuller and Ismael Galván and Akshamal M. Gamage and Neil J. Gemmell and Joanne E. Gillum and Alejandro Gonzales-Irribarren and Mailyn A. Gonzalez and Steven M. Goodman and Jonathan Gray and Carola Greve and Michael W. Guernsey and Edgar G. Gutiérrez and Yelena Guttman and Michael Hackenberg and Elena Hilario and Leon Hilgers and Thomas W. Horsley and Melissa R. de Waal and Deirdre M. Jafferally and Erich D. Jarvis and Sahieda A. Joemratie and Mirjam Knörnschild and Jenna E. Kohles and Dimitrios-Georgios Kontopoulos and Bonhwang Koo and M. Elise Lauterbur and Michael Letko and Harris A. Lewin and Shenglin Liu and Darrell K. Lizamore and Brian D. Lloyd and Livia Loureiro and M. Cristina MacSwiney G and Yury V. Malovichko and Kirsty McCaffrey and Dominik W. Melville and Magdalena Meyer and William O. Mgoola and Matthieu Muffato and Vincent J. Munster and William J. Murphy and Martina Nagy and Nicolas Nesi and Kimberly A. Nevonen and Haris Nicolaou and Evans E. Nkrumah and Zacharias Norman and Brian P. O’Toole and Sarah H. Olson and Alain Ondzie and Bismark A. Opoku and Jorge Ortega and William S. Pearman and Francy J. Perez-Llanos and Kendra L. Phelps and Myrtani Pieri and Sarahjane Power and Maksym Prylutskyi and Paola Pulido-Santacruz and Guoying Qi and Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera and Danny Rojas and Indranee Roopsind and Stephen J. Rossiter and Constance Scharff and Tilman Schell and Stephanie N. Seifert and Fernando Simal and Pipat Soisook and Simone Sommer and Andrew Spalton and Emma L. Stone and Peter H. Sudmant and Sam Talbot and Robert M. Timm and Laura Uelze and Nathan S. Upham and Marek Uvizl and Peter Vallo and Juan M. Vazquez and Lin-Fa Wang and Linet C. Watson and Daniel Whitby and Sylke Winkler and York Winter and Laurel R. Yohe and Monika Zavodna and Ning Zhang and Huabin Zhao and David A. Ray and Sonja C. Vernes and Liliana M. Dávalos and Michael Hiller and Emma C. Teeling},
year = {2026},
journal = {Nature},
doi = {10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3}
}

RIS

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AU  - Nicolas Nesi
AU  - Kimberly A. Nevonen
AU  - Haris Nicolaou
AU  - Evans E. Nkrumah
AU  - Zacharias Norman
AU  - Brian P. O’Toole
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AU  - Jorge Ortega
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AU  - Myrtani Pieri
AU  - Sarahjane Power
AU  - Maksym Prylutskyi
AU  - Paola Pulido-Santacruz
AU  - Guoying Qi
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AU  - Fernando Simal
AU  - Pipat Soisook
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APA

Morales, A. E., Liang, Y., Thomas, W. R., Leushkin, E. V., Castellanos, F. X., Larkin, D. M., Brown, T., Fromm, B., Hand, S. J., Huang, Z., Hughes, G. M., Jones, M. F., Lim, B. K., Mai, M., Myers, E. W., Pippel, M., Puechmaille, S. J., Simmons, N. B., Abueg, L. A. L., Ahituv, N., AlAbdulsalam, Z. A., Tussenbroek, I. A. V., Aparicio, D. V., Hernández, L. M. A., Hamadou, A. B., Benda, P., Blaxter, M., Borisenko, A. V., Brocca, J., Cabezón, N., Carbone, L., Carvajal, J. I., Chan, W. O. Y., Davis, P., Dechmann, D. K. N., Denzinger, A., Eger, J. L., Eiseb, S. J., Enard, D., Engstrom, M. D., Foley, N. M., Formenti, G., Fuller, J., Galván, I., Gamage, A. M., Gemmell, N. J., Gillum, J. E., Gonzales-Irribarren, A., Gonzalez, M. A., Goodman, S. M., Gray, J., Greve, C., Guernsey, M. W., Gutiérrez, E. G., Guttman, Y., Hackenberg, M., Hilario, E., Hilgers, L., Horsley, T. W., Waal, M. R. D., Jafferally, D. M., Jarvis, E. D., Joemratie, S. A., Knörnschild, M., Kohles, J. E., Kontopoulos, D., Koo, B., Lauterbur, M. E., Letko, M., Lewin, H. A., Liu, S., Lizamore, D. K., Lloyd, B. D., Loureiro, L., G, M. C. M., Malovichko, Y. V., McCaffrey, K., Melville, D. W., Meyer, M., Mgoola, W. O., Muffato, M., Munster, V. J., Murphy, W. J., Nagy, M., Nesi, N., Nevonen, K. A., Nicolaou, H., Nkrumah, E. E., Norman, Z., O’Toole, B. P., Olson, S. H., Ondzie, A., Opoku, B. A., Ortega, J., Pearman, W. S., Perez-Llanos, F. J., Phelps, K. L., Pieri, M., Power, S., Prylutskyi, M., Pulido-Santacruz, P., Qi, G., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Rojas, D., Roopsind, I., Rossiter, S. J., Scharff, C., Schell, T., Seifert, S. N., Simal, F., Soisook, P., Sommer, S., Spalton, A., Stone, E. L., Sudmant, P. H., Talbot, S., Timm, R. M., Uelze, L., Upham, N. S., Uvizl, M., Vallo, P., Vazquez, J. M., Wang, L., Watson, L. C., Whitby, D., Winkler, S., Winter, Y., Yohe, L. R., Zavodna, M., Zhang, N., Zhao, H., Ray, D. A., Vernes, S. C., Dávalos, L. M., Hiller, M., & Teeling, E. C. (2026). Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3

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