| phylogenetic relationships among megabats, microbats, and primates. | we present 744 nucleotide base positions from the mitochondrial 12s rrna gene and 236 base positions from the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit i gene for a microbat, brachyphylla cavernarum, and a megabat, pteropus capestratus, in phylogenetic analyses with homologous dna sequences from homo sapiens, mus musculus (house mouse), and gallus gallus (chicken). we use information on evolutionary rate differences for different types of sequence change to establish phylogenetic character weight ... | 1991 | 1658803 |
| exploring population genetic structure in three species of lesser antillean bats. | we explore population genetic structure in phyllostomid bats (ardops nichollsi, brachyphylla cavernarum and artibeus jamaicensis) from the northern lesser antilles by investigating the degree to which island populations are genetically differentiated. our hypothesis, that the island populations are genetically distinct because of a combination of founding events, limited migration and genetic drift exacerbated by catastrophe-induced fluctuations in population size, is derived from a priori hypot ... | 2004 | 15315670 |
| bartonella spp. in a puerto rican bat community. | we captured and sampled 68 bats of six species from a shared roosting site in puerto rico in april 2012. bats were screened for bartonella spp. by culture and confirmed by pcr and sequencing for the glta gene. bartonella cultures were obtained from blood specimens of 9/51 (18%) individuals from three species (artibeus jamaicensis, brachyphylla cavernarum, and monophyllus redmani). phylogenetic analysis of the glta sequences showed that m. redmani was infected with multiple, diverse bartonella st ... | 2015 | 25380361 |