Evolutionary BiologyBMC GenomicsPeer-reviewed
Signals of positive selection in Palearctic bat species coexisting with a fungal pathogen
Victoria Twort, Veronika N. Laine, Kenneth A. Field…·Thomas M. Lilley
The paper identifies 38 genes under positive selection in Eurasian bats, likely due to historical pressure from white-nose syndrome, which may explain their tolerance to the fungal pathogen.
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