Bat1K Genome Project

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An international consortium dedicated to sequencing and analyzing the genomes of all ~1500 living bat species.
🦇 Join our membership at Bat1K.com
📨 Acc managed by our project coordinator Meike

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🦇Creature Features: Halloween Edition🎃 21 nights until Halloween. 21 bat families. Night 21: Myzopodidae, the sucker footed bats, starring Myzopoda aurita - found only in Madagascar 🦇this bat has sticky pads on its wrists which it uses to cling to the smooth 🍃 leaves where it roosts.

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🦇🧬 Genomes are rewriting the bat family tree. A landmark study from EBP-affiliated Bat1K brings together 103 chromosome-level genome assemblies spanning all 21 living bat families, shedding new light on where bats originated, how they are related, and the evolution of echolocation. Photo: S. Olson

Alt text: Close-up photo of a grey bat with large ears and folded wings. Text reads: “Genomes are rewriting the bat family tree. A landmark Bat1K study is reshaping what we know about bat evolution.” Photo Credits go to several amazing photographers who helped bring this story to life: Slide 1 Sarah Olson, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
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From six bat species to covering 103 genomes across all 21 bat families 🦇🧬 Two beautiful batty Nature covers, years of collaboration, and an incredible community behind every genome. 🌍🌎🌏 We are proud and excited for what’s next. Our goal: sequence the genome of every bat species!

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