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Mouse-eared bats

Mouse-eared bats

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Oct 4, 2026

Vincent RacanielloHOST
38:31
'Cause we're talking about bats now, which are sources of spillovers, and this is a Nature paper also.
Vincent RacanielloHOST
38:39
Uh, insights into longevity and virus-driven adaptation from Myotis bat genomes.
Alan DoveHOST
38:47
And the authors, two co-first authors, Juan Vazquez and Elise Lauterbur, and three co-corresponding authors, Lucie Etienne, David O'Neil, and Peter Sudmant.
Alan DoveHOST
38:59
And once again, thank you, Nature.
Vincent RacanielloHOST
40:25
All right, so bats are numerous, 20% of all known mammals, very phenotypically diverse.
Vincent RacanielloHOST
40:31
They emerged 60 million years ago, and so there's a lot of diversification, and they have some interesting traits, including longevity, uh, viral tolerance, and immune defenses.
Vincent RacanielloHOST
40:46
And the, the topic of this paper is the genus Myotis, which emerged 33 million years ago, 139 species on six continents, and a lot of economology- ecological diversity.
Vincent RacanielloHOST
41:00
You didn't work on Myotis, did you, uh, Angela?

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