Browsing San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Research by Author "Baez, Aldo Carmona"
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Hologenomic adaptations underlying the evolution of sanguivory in the common vampire batMendoza, M. Lisandra Zepeda; Xiong, Zijun; Escalera-Zamudio, Marina; Runge, Anne Kathrine; Thézé, Julien; Streicker, Daniel; Frank, Hannah K.; Loza-Rubio, Elizabeth; Liu, Shengmao; Ryder, Oliver A.; et al. (2018)The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is one of only three obligate blood-feeding mammals. By sequencing both its genome and gut metagenome, the authors provide a holistic view of the evolutionary adaptations that underlie this unusual diet.