{"id":858449,"date":"2026-09-24T02:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/858449\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T02:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:26:11","slug":"reference-genomes-and-fossils-revise-bat-family-phylogeny-and-biogeography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/858449\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Senckenberg-Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Senckenberganlage, Frankfurt, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Ariadna E. Morales,\u00a0Evgeny V. Leushkin,\u00a0Alexander Ben Hamadou,\u00a0Alejandro Gonzales-Irribarren,\u00a0Carola Greve,\u00a0Leon Hilgers,\u00a0Dimitrios-Georgios Kontopoulos,\u00a0Shenglin Liu,\u00a0Yury V. Malovichko,\u00a0Tilman Schell\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Michael Hiller<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">University of Montpellier\u2013CNRS\u2013IRD, ISEM, Montpellier, France<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Ariadna E. Morales\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Sebastien J. Puechmaille<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Yan Liang\u00a0<br \/>\n            (\u6881\u598d),\u00a0Eugene W. Myers,\u00a0Mark Blaxter,\u00a0Paul Davis,\u00a0Matthieu Muffato,\u00a0Guoying Qi\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Emma C. Teeling<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">William R. Thomas\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Liliana M. D\u00e1valos<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Francisco X. Castellanos\u00a0&amp;\u00a0David A. Ray<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Francisco X. Castellanos<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, UK<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Denis M. Larkin\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Maksym Prylutskyi<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Tom Brown,\u00a0Eugene W. 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Guernsey\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Yelena Guttman<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Nadav Ahituv,\u00a0Michael W. Guernsey\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Yelena Guttman<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Environment Authority, Muscat Governorate, Oman<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Zahran A. AlAbdulsalam<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Center of Animal Behavior, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Dineilys V. Aparicio,\u00a0Nair Cabez\u00f3n,\u00a0Dina K. N. Dechmann,\u00a0Mirjam Kn\u00f6rnschild\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Jenna E. 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Eiseb<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Seth J. Eiseb<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">David Enard\u00a0&amp;\u00a0M. Elise Lauterbur<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&amp;M University, College Station, TX, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Nicole M. Foley\u00a0&amp;\u00a0William J. Murphy<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Center for Comparative Genomics, Texas A&amp;M AgriLife Research, College Station, TX, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Nicole M. Foley\u00a0&amp;\u00a0William J. 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Goodman<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Paratus Sciences, New York, NY, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Jonathan Gray\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Ning Zhang<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Michael W. Guernsey<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Laboratorio de Bioconservaci\u00f3n y Manejo, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biol\u00f3gicas, IPN, Mexico City, Mexico<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Edgar G. Guti\u00e9rrez\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Jorge Ortega<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Genetics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Michael Hackenberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biotechnology Institute &amp; Biomedical Research Centre (CIBM), Granada, Spain<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Michael Hackenberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Biosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Leon Hilgers,\u00a0Shenglin Liu,\u00a0Yury V. Malovichko\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Michael Hiller<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Biological Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Melissa R. de Waal<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Cobra Collective Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Deirdre M. Jafferally<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Erich D. Jarvis<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Amazon Conservation Team, Paramaribo, Suriname<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Sahieda A. Joemratie<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Institute for Biology, Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Mirjam Kn\u00f6rnschild\u00a0&amp;\u00a0York Winter<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Museum f\u00fcr Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Mirjam Kn\u00f6rnschild\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Martina Nagy<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Dimitrios-Georgios Kontopoulos<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">M. Elise Lauterbur<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Michael Letko\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Stephanie N. Seifert<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Walton Center for Planetary Health, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Harris A. Lewin<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital (AUH), Aarhus, Denmark<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Shenglin Liu<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Shenglin Liu<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Bragato Research Institute, Lincoln, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Darrell K. Lizamore<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Science and Research Directorate, Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Brian D. Lloyd<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Medical Affairs Organization, Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Livia Loureiro<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">M. Cristina MacSwiney G<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Dominik W. Melville,\u00a0Magdalena Meyer,\u00a0Bismark A. Opoku\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Simone Sommer<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, MT, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Vincent J. Munster<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">University of Caen Normandy, INSERM, Normandie University, Caen, France<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Nicolas Nesi<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Forests, Ministry of Agriculture Rural Development and Environment, Nicosia, Cyprus<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Haris Nicolaou<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Evans E. Nkrumah<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Bina Hill Institute Youth Learning Centre, Bina Hill, Guyana<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Zacharias Norman<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Wildlife Conservation Society, Health Program, Bronx, NY, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Sarah H. Olson<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Wildlife Health Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Alain Ondzie<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">William S. Pearman<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">West German Genome Center (WGGC), Medical Faculty and University Hospital D\u00fcsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University D\u00fcsseldorf, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Francy J. Perez-Llanos<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Biological and Medical Research Center (BMFZ), Medical Faculty and University Hospital D\u00fcsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University D\u00fcsseldorf, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Francy J. Perez-Llanos<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Kendra L. Phelps<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Myrtani Pieri<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Escuela de Ciencias e Ingenier\u00eda, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Paola Pulido-Santacruz<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">School of Biology and Center for Research in Biodiversity and Tropical Ecology (CIBET), University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Bernal Rodr\u00edguez-Herrera<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Cali, Colombia<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Danny Rojas<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Environmental Management Consultants Guyana, Ogle, East Coast Demerara, Guyana<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Indranee Roopsind<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Rupununi Wildlife Research Unit, Lethem, Guyana<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Indranee Roopsind<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Stephen J. Rossiter<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Institute of Biology, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Constance Scharff<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Wildconscience, Kralendijk, Bonaire, the Netherlands<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Fernando Simal<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">CARMABI Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity, Willemstad, Cura\u00e7ao<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Fernando Simal<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Pipat Soisook<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Independent Wildlife Consultant, Muscat, Oman<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Andrew Spalton<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Bat Conservation Research Lab, Milner Research Institute, University of Bath, Bath, UK<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Emma L. Stone<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">African Bat Conservation, Lilongwe, Malawi<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Emma L. Stone<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Peter H. Sudmant<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Robert M. Timm<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Robert M. Timm<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Peter Vallo<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Juan M. Vazquez<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Freshwater Quality Monitoring Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Linet C. Watson<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">AEWC Ltd\/BatCRU, Fittleworth, UK<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Daniel Whitby<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Laurel R. Yohe<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Otago Genomics Facility, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Monika Zavodna<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">State Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Huabin Zhao<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__address\">Consortium on Inter-Disciplinary Environmental Research, Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-author-affiliation__authors-list\">Liliana M. D\u00e1valos<\/p>\n<p>Y.L., W.R.T., E.V.L., F.X.C., D.M.L. and T.B. are equally contributing second authors; and B.F., S.J.H., Z.H., G.M.H., M.F.J., B.K.L., M.M., E.W.M., M.\u00a0Pippel, S.J.P. and N.B.S. are equally contributing third authors, listed alphabetically.\u00a0This study was conceptualized and led by the five corresponding authors: E.C.T., M.\u00a0Hiller, L.M.D., S.C.V. and D.A.R. who led the scientific direction, manuscript writing and editing. Together with the corresponding authors, 18 co-authors led the data analyses and interpretation detailed in the Supplementary Notes and contributed to writing and editing: A.E.M., Y.L., W.R.T., E.V.L., F.X.C., D.M.L., T.B., B.F., S.J.H., Z.H., G.M.H., M.F.J., B.K.L., M.\u00a0Mai, E.W.M., M.\u00a0Pippel, S.J.P. and N.B.S. All authors had the opportunity to review and edit the manuscript. Z.A.A., I.A.V.T., D.V.A., L.M.A.H., P.B., A.V.B., J.B., N.C., W.O.Y.C., L.M.D., D.K.N.D., A.D., D.E., M.D.E., I.G., A.M.G., S.M.G., E.G.G., L.H., M.R.d.W., D.M.J., S.A.J., M.K., J.E.K., M.E.L., M.L., B.K.L., B.D.L., L.L., V.J.M., N.N., H.N., E.E.N., Z.N., S.H.O., A.O., B.A.O., J.O., K.L.P., M.Pieri, S.J.P., P.P.-S., D.A.R., B.R.-H., I.R., S.J.R., C.S., S.N.S., N.B.S., A.S., E.L.S., P.H.S., R.M.T., N.S.U., J.M.V., S.C.V., L.-F.W., L.C.W., D.W., Y.W., L.R.Y., H.Z., J.L.E., S.J.E., J.F., M.A.G., T.W.H., M.C.M.G., M.N., D.R., F.S., P.S., W.O.M., E.C.T., M.\u00a0Hiller, M.\u00a0Mai and P.V. acquired samples and data. S.W., D.W.M., C.G., A.B.H., A.M.G., D.K.L., E.H., F.J.P.-L., J.I.C., J.E.G., K.A.N., L.C., M.\u00a0Meyer, M.W.G., M.Z., N.J.G., N.Z., W.O.Y.C., W.S.P., Y.G., S.S., N.A., B.P.O., L.-F.W., S.C.V., E.C.T. and M.\u00a0Hiller performed genome sequencing. T.B., E.V.L., M.\u00a0Pippel, T.S., L.A.L.A., K.M., S.T., B.K., G.F., E.D.J., L.U., E.W.M., S.C.V., E.C.T., M.B., M.\u00a0Hiller and B.P.O. conducted the genome assembly. A.E.M., E.V.L., D.A.R. and M.\u00a0Hiller performed the assembly statistics. A.E.M., A.G.-I., Y.V.M., L.H., S.L., D.-G.K., E.V.L. and M.\u00a0Hiller conducted genome annotation and pairwise genome alignments. D.A.R. and L.M.D. performed the transposable element annotation. B.F., Z.H., S.P., M.U., M. Hackenberg,\u00a0M.\u00a0Mai and S.C.V. conducted the microRNA analyses. A.E.M., E.V.L., F.X.C., D.A.R. and M.\u00a0Hiller performed the multiple genome alignments. A.E.M., E.C.T., M.\u00a0Hiller, A.G.-I., G.M.H., S.J.P., Y.L., N.M.F. and W.J.M. undertook the phylogenomics. M.\u00a0Prylutskyi, A.E.M., M.\u00a0Hiller, H.A.L. and D.M.L. performed the ancestral karyotype reconstruction. 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