About the Authors

Xiuguang Mao

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institute for Advanced Studies in Multidisciplinary Science and Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Guimei He

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institute for Advanced Studies in Multidisciplinary Science and Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Junpeng Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institute for Advanced Studies in Multidisciplinary Science and Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Stephen J. Rossiter

s.j.rossiter@qmul.ac.uk (SJR); syzhang@bio.ecnu.edu.cn (SZ)

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Shuyi Zhang

s.j.rossiter@qmul.ac.uk (SJR); syzhang@bio.ecnu.edu.cn (SZ)

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institute for Advanced Studies in Multidisciplinary Science and Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Bat species sampling: JZ. Conceived and designed the experiments: XM SR SZ. Performed the experiments: XM GH. Analyzed the data: XM SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ. Wrote the paper: XM SR.