Common ancestors of bats were omnivorous suggested by resurrection of ancestral sweet receptors.

Sci Bull (Beijing)

Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of the Ministry of Education, Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China. Electronic address:

Published: August 2023

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