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Bats:

Interrogating Phylogenetic Discordance Resolves Deep Splits in the Rapid Radiation of Old World Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Systematics of the New World bats Eptesicus and Histiotus suggest trans-marine dispersal followed by Neotropical cryptic diversification

Conflicting Evolutionary Histories of the Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genomes in New World Myotis Bats

Genetic, morphological and acoustic differentiation of African trident bats (Rhinonycteridae: Triaenops)

Innate and Adaptive Immune Genes Associated with MERS-CoV Infection in Dromedaries

Cats:

Evolutionary History of Saber-Toothed Cats Based on Ancient Mitogenomics: Current Biology

Mystery of fatal ‘Staggering disease’ unravelled: Novel rustrela virus causes severe encephalomyelitis in domestic cats

Mummies:

The secrets of Sobek – A crocodile mummy mitogenome from ancient Egypt

Ancient DNA diffuses from human bones to cave stones

Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes

The kinship of two 12th Dynasty mummies revealed by ancient DNA sequencing

Biological Sexing of a 4000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Head to Assess the Potential of Nuclear DNA Recovery from the Most Damaged and Limited Forensic Specimens

Spiders:

Phylogenomics of peacock spiders and their kin (Salticidae: Maratus), with implications for the evolution of male courtship displays

Sitticine jumping spiders: phylogeny, classification, and chromosomes (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticini)

A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini)

Phylogenomic analysis and revised classification of atypoid mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae), with notes on arachnid ultraconserved element loci