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Bat trait, genetic and pathogen data from large-scale investigations of African fruit bats, Eidolon helvum

Peel, AJ; Baker, KS; Hayman, DTS; Suu-Ire, R; Breed, AC; Gembu, G-C; Lembo, T; ... Wood, JLN; + view all (2016) Bat trait, genetic and pathogen data from large-scale investigations of African fruit bats, Eidolon helvum. Scientific Data , 3 , Article 160049. 10.1038/sdata.2016.49. Green open access

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Abstract

Bats, including African straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum), have been highlighted as reservoirs of many recently emerged zoonotic viruses. This common, widespread and ecologically important species was the focus of longitudinal and continent-wide studies of the epidemiological and ecology of Lagos bat virus, henipaviruses and Achimota viruses. Here we present a spatial, morphological, demographic, genetic and serological dataset encompassing 2827 bats from nine countries over an 8-year period. Genetic data comprises cytochrome b mitochondrial sequences (n=608) and microsatellite genotypes from 18 loci (n=544). Tooth-cementum analyses (n=316) allowed derivation of rare age-specific serologic data for a lyssavirus, a henipavirus and two rubulaviruses. This dataset contributes a substantial volume of data on the ecology of E. helvum and its viruses and will be valuable for a wide range of studies, including viral transmission dynamic modelling in age-structured populations, investigation of seasonal reproductive asynchrony in wide-ranging species, ecological niche modelling, inference of island colonisation history, exploration of relationships between island and body size, and various spatial analyses of demographic, morphometric or serological data.

Type: Article
Title: Bat trait, genetic and pathogen data from large-scale investigations of African fruit bats, Eidolon helvum
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2016.49
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.49
Language: English
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1502136
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