Bedbugs evolved before their bat hosts and did not co-speciate with ancient humans

Roth, S., Balvín, O., Siva-Jothy, M.T. orcid.org/0000-0001-9699-887X et al. (12 more authors) (2019) Bedbugs evolved before their bat hosts and did not co-speciate with ancient humans. Current Biology, 29 (11). 1847-1853.e4. ISSN 0960-9822

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Authors/Creators:
  • Roth, S.
  • Balvín, O.
  • Siva-Jothy, M.T. ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9699-887X
  • Di Iorio, O.
  • Benda, P.
  • Calva, O.
  • Faundez, E.I.
  • Anwarali Khan, F.A.
  • McFadzen, M.
  • Lehnert, M.P.
  • Naylor, R.
  • Simov, N.
  • Morrow, E.H.
  • Willassen, E.
  • Reinhardt, K.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: © 2019 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Current Biology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: Ashford hypothesis; Chiroptera; bedbug; evolution of generalism; hematophagy; human parasite; specialization; speciation
Dates:
  • Accepted: 18 April 2019
  • Published (online): 16 May 2019
  • Published: 3 June 2019
Institution: The University of Sheffield
Academic Units: The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Biosciences (Sheffield) > Department of Animal and Plant Sciences (Sheffield)
Funding Information:
FunderGrant number
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCILUNSPECIFIED
Depositing User: Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited: 29 May 2019 15:33
Last Modified: 03 Dec 2021 11:33
Status: Published
Publisher: Elsevier
Refereed: Yes
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.048
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