Gareth Jones

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.

This study uses genomic data to identify historic population declines in European forest bats, finding significant declines linked to habitat loss and human activity.

The paper develops universal epigenetic clocks that accurately estimate age across mammalian tissues using DNA methylation data from 185 species.

This study uses a two-step metagenomic approach to accurately identify prey from common vampire bat blood meals using shotgun sequencing and validates results with metabarcoding.

This study uses DNA methylation profiles from bats to show that age and longevity are linked to specific methylation patterns, with longevity associated with immune and cancer-related genes.

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.