(24) Lassa virus circumvents macrophage and dendritic cell antiviral defences in its natural reservoir, the Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis)
Corrales N, Wozniak DM, Yordanova IA, Suder EL, Morales AE, Lander A, Hansen-Kant K, Hiller M, Prescott JB
(2026) npj Viruses 4(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44298-026-00177-6

(23) Proteomic signatures of SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility in Mexican free-tailed bats and their application to viral surveillance
Becker DJ, Vicente-Santos A, Morales AE, Dyer KE, Olbrys BL, Lock LR, Smotherman MS, Vernes SC, Hiller M, Adams AM, Phinney BS, Frick WF, Hall JS
(2025) Integrative and Comparative Biology, icaf148. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf148

(22) Comparative single-cell analyses reveal evolutionary repurposing of a conserved gene programme in bat wing development
Schindler M, Feregrino C, Aldrovandi S, Lo BW, Monaco AA, Ringel AR, Morales AE, Zehnder T, Behncke RY, Glaser J, Barclay A, Andrey G, Kragesteen BK, Hägerling R, Haas SA, Vingron M, Ulitsky I, Marti-Renom MA, Hechavarria J, Fasel N, Hiller M, Lupiáñez DG, Mundlos S, Real FM
(2025) Nature Ecology and Evolution, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02780-x

(21) Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance
Morales AE #, Dong Y #, Brown T, Baid K, Kontopoulos DG, Gonzalez V, Huang Z, Ahmed AW, Hilgers L, Winkler S, Hughes G, Li X, Kirilenko BM, Devanna P, Lama TM, Nissan Y, Pippel M, Dávalos LM, Vernes SC, Puechmaille SJ, Rossiter SJ, Yossi Y, Prescott JB, Kurth A, Ray DA, Lim BK, Myers E, Teeling EC, Banerjee A, Irving AT, Hiller M.
(2025) Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08471-0

(20) Distinct Genes with Similar Functions Underlie Convergent Evolution in Myotis Bat Ecomorphs
Morales AE*, Burbrink FT, Segall M, Meza M, Munegowda C, Webala P, Patterson B, Thong VD, Ruedi M, Hiller M, Simmons NB.
(2024) Molecular Biology and Evolution, msae165. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae165

(19) Where do they live? Predictive geographic distribution of Tadarida brasiliensis brasiliensis
Amaral IS, Bandeira Pereira J, Vancine MH, Morales AE, Althoff SL, Gregorin R, Pereira MJR, Valiati VH, Rosa de Oliveira L
(2023) Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 18(3):139-156. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae165

(18) Bat pluripotent stem cells reveal unique entanglement between host and viruses
Déjosez M, Marin A #, Hughes GM #, Morales AE #, Godoy-Parejo C, Gray J, Qin Y, Singh A, Xu H, Juste J, Ibáñez C, White KM, Rosales R, Francoeur NJ, Sebra RP, Alcock D, Puechmaille SJ, Pastusiak A, Frost DW, Hiller M, Young RA, Teeling EC, Garcia-Sastre A, Zwaka TP.
(2023) Cell, 86(5):957–974.e28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.01.011

(17) Integrating gene annotation with orthology inference at scale
Kirilenko BM, Munegowda C, Osipova E, Jebb D, Sharma V, Blumer M, Morales AE, Ahmed AW, Kontopoulos DG, Hilgers L, Lindblad-Toh K, Karlsson EK, Zoonomia Consortium‡, Hiller M.
(2023) Science, 380: eabn3107. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn3107

(16) The Pale Spear-nosed Bat – a neuromolecular and transgenic model for vocal learning
Vernes SJ, Devanna P, Gareth JH, Alvarez van Tussenbroek I, Firzlaff U, Hagoort P, Hiller M, Hoeksema N, Hughes GM, Lavrichenko K, Mengede J, Morales AE, Wiesmann M.
(2022) Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1517(1):125–142. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14884

(15) Gene losses in the common vampire bat genome illuminate molecular adaptations to blood feeding
Blumer M, Brown T, Freitas MB, Destro AL, Oliveira JA, Morales AE, Schell T, Greve C, Pippel M, Jebb D, Hecker N, Ahmed A, Kirilenko B, Janke A, Lim B, Hiller M.
(2022) Science Advances, 8(12):eabm6494. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm6494

(14) Comment on “Population genetics reveal Myotis keenii (Keen’s myotis) and Myotis evotis (long-eared myotis) to be a single species”
Morales AE*, Fenton MB, Carstens BC, Simmons NB.
(2021) Canadian Journal of Zoology, 99: 415–422. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2020-0048

(13) A new dichromatic species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea
Simmons NB, Flanders J, Fils EMB, Parker G, Suter JD, Bamba S, Douno M, Keita MK, Morales AE, Frick WF.
(2021) American Museum Novitates, 3963: 1–40. https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/c50b2d12-30ba-40e5-8967-78b24a5bed2c Press coverage includes The New York Times!

(12) Diversification rates have no effect on the convergent evolution of foraging strategies in the most species-rich genus of bats, Myotis
Morales AE*, Ruedi M, Field K, Carstens BC
(2019) Evolution, 73:2263–2280. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13849

(11) Phylogeography, population structure, gene flow and species delimitation in Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome and Eudyptes moseleyi)
Mays H, Oehler D, Morrison K, Morales AE, Lycans A, …, Weakley L.
(2019) Journal of Heredity. esz051. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esz051

(10) Genome-specific histories of introgression into a polyploid unisexual salamander lineage as revealed using ultraconserved genetic elements
Denton RD, Morales AE, Gibbs HL
(2018) Evolution, 72:1689–1700. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13528

(9) A global analysis of bats using automated comparative phylogeography uncovers a surprising impact of Pleistocene glaciation
Carstens BC, Morales AE, Field K, Pelletier TA
(2018) Journal of Biogeography, 45:1795–1805. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13382

(8) Space and environment predict skull variation and genetic structure in the cosmopolitan bat Tadarida brasiliensis
Morales AE*, De-la-Mora M, Piñero D
(2018) Journal of Biogeography, 45:1529–1540. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13243

(7)Evidence that Myotis lucifugus ‘subspecies’ are five non-sister species, despite gene flow
Morales AE*, Carstens BC
(2018) Systematic Biology, 67:756–769. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syy010

(6) Objective choice of phylogeographic models
Carstens BC, Morales AE, Jackson N, O’Meara BC
(2017) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 116:136–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.08.018

(5) PHRAPL: Phylogeographic Inference using Approximate likelihoods
Jackson N, Morales AE, Carstens BC, O’Meara BC
(2017) Systematic Biology, 66:1045–1053. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syx001

(4) Species delimitation with gene flow
Jackson N, Carstens BC, Morales AE, O’Meara BC
(2017) Systematic Biology, 66:799–812. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syw100

(3) Speciation with gene flow in North American Myotis bats
Morales AE, Jackson N, Dewey T, O’Meara BC, Carstens BC
(2017) Systematic Biology, 66:440–452. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syx001

(2) Environmental niche drives genetic and morphometric structure in a widespread bat
Morales AE*, Villalobos F, Velazco PM, Simmons NB, Piñero D
(2016) Journal of Biogeography, 43:1057–1068. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12666

(1) The evolution of phylogeographic datasets
Garrick RC, Bonatelli IAS, Hyseni C, Morales AE, Pelletier TA, Perez MF, Rice E, Satler JD, Symula RE, Thomé MTC, Carstens BC
(2015) Molecular Ecology, 24:1164–1171. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13108

Vasquez Lobo A, Morales Garcia AE (2014) Microsatélites. In: Herramientas moleculares aplicadas en ecología (eds. Cornejo Romero A, Serrato Díaz A, Rendón Aguilar B, Rocha Munive MG), pp. 75–100. INECC-SEMARNAT, Mexico. ISBN: 978-607-8246-72-4