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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography

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TL;DR - This Nature study presents an updated phylogeny covering all known bat families by combining new reference genome assemblies with extensive ancient-fossil evidence. The synthesis may revise understanding of bat family relationships and biogeographic history.

Integrates genomic and paleontological data in a unified evolutionary analysis.
Uses newly assembled reference genomes to improve phylogenetic coverage.
Incorporates numerous ancient fossils to inform evolutionary timing and geography.
Specific revised relationships and biogeographic conclusions are not provided in the supplied summary.

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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography

Nature 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 2026-09-23 doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3

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Integrates genomic and paleontological data in a unified evolutionary analysis.
Uses newly assembled reference genomes to improve phylogenetic coverage.
Incorporates numerous ancient fossils to inform evolutionary timing and geography.
Specific revised relationships and biogeographic conclusions are not provided in the supplied summary.

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