Spotted Bats in an Arizona Cave Share a Maternal DNA Lineage with Bats That Died There 2,100 Years Ago
Nature World News | 16.10.2026 06:15
Spotted bats using a cave in northern Arizona today belong to the same maternal family line as bats that died in that cave as long as 2,100 years ago. That is the striking finding of a genetic study published Oct. 7 in PLOS One by researchers at Northern Arizona University and the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.