Leptonycteris curasoae Mitochondria genome. Leptonycteris curasoae

Leptonycteris curasoae (Southern Long-nosed bat), is one of the most interesting and important animals of America. It is one of few mammal species able to survive and reproduce feeding exclusively on nectar and pollen. This extreme diet adaptation evolved recently in bats. This genome data is a part of a project about the genomic evolution of Phyllostomid bats, conducted by Lab. Evolucion Molecular y Experimental, Institute of Ecology, UNAM Publication: Genomic consequences of dietary diversification and parallel evolution due to nectarivory in Leaf-nosed bats. Publication: Genomic consequences of dietary diversification and parallel evolution due to nectarivory in Leaf-nosed bats.

库腊索长舌蝠（Leptonycteris curasoae，英文名Southern Long-nosed bat）是美洲地区最具科研价值与生态重要性的动物类群之一。它是少数仅以花蜜与花粉为唯一食物来源即可完成生存与繁衍的哺乳动物物种。这种极端的食性适应性在蝙蝠类群中演化时间较近。本基因组数据隶属于墨西哥国立自治大学生态研究所分子与实验进化实验室（Lab. Evolucion Molecular y Experimental, Institute of Ecology, UNAM）开展的叶口蝠科蝙蝠（Phyllostomid bats）基因组演化研究项目，相关研究成果已发表于论文《叶口蝠科蝙蝠因食蜜习性产生的食性分化与平行演化的基因组学效应》（Genomic consequences of dietary diversification and parallel evolution due to nectarivory in Leaf-nosed bats）。相关研究成果已发表于论文《叶口蝠科蝙蝠因食蜜习性产生的食性分化与平行演化的基因组学效应》（Genomic consequences of dietary diversification and parallel evolution due to nectarivory in Leaf-nosed bats）。