There's an article on getting DNA from vampire bat feces in Science Magazine here. When I was an undergraduate at Cornell University, I worked on that topic for my undergraduate honors thesis. I extracted and sequenced DNA from the crap of vampire bats that fed on chicken blood. I was pretty excited after it finally … Continue reading Using DNA to uncover vampire bat diet
Month: April 2015
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My defense talk is April 8th 2-3pm. See my previous post below. I recently analyzed my playback data and found that vampire bats are more attracted to the calls of high donors vs low donors of similar sex and low relatedness. More soon... Micah Miles (right) was one of the undergraduate assistants who helped me … Continue reading Recent Updates
