Bats account for 20 per cent of all mammals, these are the only mammals with powered flight, and are among the few animals that echolocate. Here, Seim et al. sequence the genome of the long-lived (>40 years) Brandt’s bat, Myotis brandtiiand provide clues to its evolution, longevity and other traits.
- Inge Seim
- Xiaodong Fang
- Vadim N. Gladyshev
