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Yang Geng1,2, Yingying Liu1, Lixin Gong1

  • 1Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource and Ecological Security, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.

Integrative Zoology
|July 7, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Two bat species evolved to eat birds, showing genetic adaptations in immune response and lipid metabolism. These changes, including gene selection and fewer viral elements, enable their unique diet and expand ecological niche evolution understanding.

Keywords:
adaptive evolutionavivorous bat speciesconvergencedietary niche evolution

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