Bruce D. Patterson

Research: systematics and biogeography of mammals, phylogeny, host-parasite coevolution

Ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history of African-Malagasy bent-winged bats (Miniopterus).
Ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history of African-Malagasy bent-winged bats (Miniopterus). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2023 11; 188:107890.
PMID: 37517508

?Nycteribiid bat flies (Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Nycteribiidae) of Kenya.
?Nycteribiid bat flies (Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Nycteribiidae) of Kenya. Zookeys. 2023; 1169:65-85.
PMID: 38328029

Remarkably low host specificity in the bat fly Penicillidia fulvida (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) as assessed by mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S sequence data.
Remarkably low host specificity in the bat fly Penicillidia fulvida (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) as assessed by mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S sequence data. Parasit Vectors. 2022 Oct 27; 15(1):392.
PMID: 36303252

Bridging macroecology and macroevolution in the radiation of sigmodontine rodents.
Bridging macroecology and macroevolution in the radiation of sigmodontine rodents. Evolution. 2022 Aug; 76(8):1790-1805.
PMID: 35794070

Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities.
Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities. J Biogeogr. 2022 May; 49(5):979-992.
PMID: 35506011

Evolution of inner ear neuroanatomy of bats and implications for echolocation.
Evolution of inner ear neuroanatomy of bats and implications for echolocation. Nature. 2022 02; 602(7897):449-454.
PMID: 35082447

Evolutionary relationships and population genetics of the Afrotropical leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae).
Evolutionary relationships and population genetics of the Afrotropical leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae). Zookeys. 2020; 929:117-161.
PMID: 32390744

Ecology and Host Identity Outweigh Evolutionary History in Shaping the Bat Microbiome.
Ecology and Host Identity Outweigh Evolutionary History in Shaping the Bat Microbiome. mSystems. 2019 Nov 12; 4(6).
PMID: 31719140

Molecular phylogenetics of the African horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae): expanded geographic and taxonomic sampling of the Afrotropics.
Molecular phylogenetics of the African horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae): expanded geographic and taxonomic sampling of the Afrotropics. BMC Evol Biol. 2019 08 22; 19(1):166.
PMID: 31434566

Molecular phylogenetics of slit-faced bats (Chiroptera: Nycteridae) reveal deeply divergent African lineages.
Molecular phylogenetics of slit-faced bats (Chiroptera: Nycteridae) reveal deeply divergent African lineages. J Zool Syst Evol Res. 2019 Nov; 57(4):1019-1038.
PMID: 31894177

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