| delayed development in fischer's pygmy fruit bat, haplonycteris fischeri, in the philippines. | a long delay in post-implantation embryonic development was detected in fischer's pygmy fruit bats (palaeotropical fruit bats of the suborder megachiroptera), the first time such a delay has been demonstrated outside the bat suborder microchiroptera. samples of bats were obtained from the philippines over 5 years, and reproductive tracts were preserved and examined using standard histological techniques. most parous female pygmy bats were impregnated in june, within a few weeks of parturition, a ... | 1989 | 2703981 |
| molecular evolution of bat color vision genes. | the two suborders of bats, megachiroptera (megabats) and microchiroptera (microbats), use different sensory modalities for perceiving their environment. megabats are crepuscular and rely on a well-developed eyes and visual pathway, whereas microbats occupy a nocturnal niche and use acoustic orientation or echolocation more than vision as the major means of perceiving their environment. in view of the differences associated with their sensory systems, we decided to investigate the function and ev ... | 2004 | 14660703 |