| cryptic species? patterns of maternal and paternal gene flow in eight neotropical bats. | levels of sequence divergence at mitochondrial loci are frequently used in phylogeographic analysis and species delimitation though single marker systems cannot assess bi-parental gene flow. in this investigation i compare the phylogeographic patterns revealed through the maternally inherited mitochondrial coi region and the paternally inherited 7(th) intron region of the dby gene on the y-chromosome in eight common neotropical bat species. these species are diverse and include members of two fa ... | 2011 | 21814545 |
| phylogenetics and biogeography of the broad-nosed bats, genus platyrrhinus (chiroptera: phyllostomidae). | the neotropical broad-nosed bats, genus platyrrhinus, represent a well-defined monophyletic group of 14 recognized species. a recent study of morphological characters confirmed platyrrhinus monophyly and species diagnosis, but offered little support to their intra-specific relationships. we conducted phylogenetic analyses of the genus, using dense taxonomic sampling in combination with four gene sequences representing both mitochondrial and nuclear dna transmission systems. our aim was to elucid ... | 2008 | 18926914 |
| molecular surveillance reveals bats from eastern colombia infected with trypanosoma theileri and trypanosoma wauwau-like parasites. | several species of trypanosomes can infect bats (chiroptera), but current information about bat trypanosomes in colombia is scarce. the objectives of this study were to estimate the infection rate and to characterize the trypanosome species infecting bats from three rural regions near the municipality of cumaribo in vichada, colombia. blood samples were collected from 39 bats. dna was extracted from the blood samples and analyzed using nuclear genetic markers (ssu rdna, its rdna, and cathepsin g ... | 2020 | 33038611 |