Virome analysis of New Zealand's bats reveals cross-species viral transmission among the Coronaviridae

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Virome analysis of New Zealand's bats reveals cross-species viral transmission among the Coronaviridae

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The lesser short-tailed bat ( ) and the long-tailed bat ( ) are Aotearoa New Zealand's only native extant terrestrial mammals and are believed to have migrated from Australia. Long-tailed bats arrived in New Zealand an estimated two million years ago and are closely related to other Australian bat species. Lesser short-tailed bats, in contrast, are the only extant species within the Mystacinidae and are estimated to have been living in isolation in New Zealand for the past 16-18 million years...

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2024-01-27

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Waller, Stephanie J / Tortosa, Pablo / Thurley, Tertia / O'Donnell, Colin F J / Jackson, Rebecca / Dennis, Gillian / Grimwood, Rebecca M / Holmes, Edward C / McInnes, Kate / Geoghegan, Jemma L

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/24075

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lesser short-tailed bat / virome / codivergence / bat coronavirus / long-tailed bat / metatranscriptomics / virus evolution / viral host-jumping / virus

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