Sébastien J. Puechmaille

The paper estimates natal and mating dispersal distances in Rhinolophus hipposideros, showing how mating dispersal decorrelates gene and individual flows.

This study tracks SARSr-CoV evolution in Rhinolophus bats over 10 years, revealing host factors driving viral diversification and adaptation.

The paper examines how early-life environmental conditions and maternal age affect telomere length in two bat species and finds no link between early telomere length and short-term survival.

The paper integrates ecological data and mechanistic modeling to show that mating behavior and maternal immunity drive EBLV-2 dynamics in bats, with limited population impact.

The paper generates bat induced pluripotent stem cells and finds they contain endogenous viral sequences, suggesting a deep entanglement between bats and viruses.

The paper generates six reference-quality bat genomes, identifies genomic adaptations related to echolocation, immunity, and viral tolerance, and reveals regulatory elements contributing to bat traits.

The paper analyzes mitochondrial heteroplasmy in aging bats to test the Free Radical Theory of Ageing, finding age-related increases but dynamic patterns inconsistent with the theory.