Diversification in Noctilionoid Bats Jun 8, 2009 Go to Project Site Image by L.M. Dávalos phylogenetics completed Liliana M. Dávalos Professor of Conservation Biology I’m interested in biodiversity, both its past and its future. Publications Out of the Antilles: Fossil Phylogenies Support Reverse Colonization of Bats to South America Previous phylogenies of extant short‐faced bats (Chiroptera Stenodermatina) supported either two colonization events from the mainland … Valéria da C. Tavares*, Omar M. Warsi, Fernando Balseiro, Carlos A. Mancina, Liliana M. Dávalos Cite Project Project DOI Hakai Magazine Phylogeny and divergence times of lemurs inferred with recent and ancient fossils in the tree Paleontological and neontological systematics seek to answer evolutionary questions with different data sets. Phylogenies inferred for … James P. Herrera, Liliana M. Dávalos PDF Cite Project Project DOI The Huffington Post Forbes Bats (Chiroptera: Noctilionoidea) Challenge a Recent Origin of Extant Neotropical Diversity The mechanisms underlying the high extant biodiversity in the Neotropics have been controversial since the 19th century. Support for … Danny Rojas, Omar M. Warsi, Liliana M. Dávalos PDF Cite Project Project DOI Systematic Biology Erratum Bayesian hierarchical models suggest oldest known plant-visiting bat was omnivorous The earliest record of plant visiting in bats dates to the Middle Miocene of La Venta, the world’s most diverse tropical … Laurel R. Yohe, Paúl M. Velazco, Danny Rojas, Beth E. Gerstner, Nancy B. Simmons, Liliana M. Dávalos PDF Cite Project Project DOI AMNH News Amino acid transporter expansions associated with the evolution of obligate endosymbiosis in sap-feeding insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) Mutualistic obligate endosymbioses shape the evolution of endosymbiont genomes, but their impact on host genomes remains unclear. … Romain A. Dahan, Rebecca P. Duncan, Alex C.C. Wilson, Liliana M. Dávalos PDF Cite Project Project DOI Phylogenies Molecular evolution of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptors in long-lived, small-bodied mammals Mammals typically display a robust positive relationship between lifespan and body size. Two groups that deviate markedly from this … Kalina T. J. Davies, Georgia Tsagkogeorga, Nigel C. Bennett, Liliana M. Dávalos, Christopher G. Faulkes, Stephen J. Rossiter PDF Cite Project DOI Sex-biased dispersal produces high error rates in mitochondrial distance-based and tree-based species delimitation Species delimitation using mitochondrial sequences aims to identify species as morphological expertise and biodiversity both decline. … Liliana M. Dávalos, Amy L. Russell PDF Cite Project Source Document DOI Integrating Incomplete Fossils by Isolating Conflicting Signal in Saturated and Non-Independent Morphological Characters Morphological characters are indispensable in phylogenetic analyses for understanding the pattern, process, and tempo of evolution. If … Liliana M. Dávalos, Paúl M. Velazco, Omar M. Warsi, Peter D. Smits, Nancy B. Simmons PDF Cite Code Project DOI AMNH News Dynamic recruitment of amino acid transporters to the insect/symbiont interface Symbiosis is well known to influence bacterial symbiont genome evolution and has recently been shown to shape eukaryotic host genomes. … Rebecca P. Duncan, Filip Husnik, James T. Van Leuven, Donald G. Gilbert, Liliana M. Dávalos, John P. McCutcheon, Alex C.C. Wilson Cite Project DOI A Cluster of Olfactory Receptor Genes Linked to Frugivory in Bats Diversity of the mammalian olfactory receptor (OR) repertoire has been globally reshaped by niche specialization. However, little is … Sara Hayden, Michaël Bekaert, Alisha Goodbla, William J. Murphy, Liliana M. Dávalos, Emma C. Teelin PDF Cite Project DOI RedOrbit Irish Times Selection for mechanical advantage underlies multiple cranial optima in new world leaf-nosed bats Selection for divergent performance optima has been proposed as a central mechanism underlying adaptive radiation. Uncovering multiple … Elizabeth R. Dumont, Krishna Samadevam, Ian Grosse, Omar M. Warsi, Brandon Baird, Liliana M. Dávalos PDF Cite Project DOI ScienceDaily Popular Science Deglaciation explains bat extinction in the Caribbean Ecological factors such as changing climate on land and interspecific competition have been debated as possible causes of postglacial … Liliana M. Dávalos, Amy L. Russell PDF Cite Project DOI io9 Understanding phylogenetic incongruence: lessons from phyllostomid bats All characters and trait systems in an organism share a common evolutionary history that can be estimated using phylogenetic methods. … Liliana M. Dávalos, Andrea L. Cirranello*, Jonathan H. Geisler, Nancy B. Simmons PDF Cite Code Project DOI DailyKos ScienceDaily Download the data and phylogenies Morphological innovation, diversification and invasion of a new adaptive zone How ecological opportunity relates to diversification is a central question in evolutionary biology. However, there are few empirical … Elizabeth R. Dumont, Liliana M. Dávalos, Aaron Goldberg, Sharlene E. Santana, Katja Rex, Christian C. Voigt PDF Cite Project DOI Download the summary dated phylogeny io9 Nature