Emerging Model Organisms

The Short-Tailed Fruit Bat Carollia perspicillata: A Model for Studies in Reproduction and Development

  1. Richard R. Behringer3,4
  1. 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
  2. 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
  3. 3 Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
  1. ↵4Corresponding author (rrb{at}mdanderson.org)
This article is also available in Emerging Model Organisms: A Laboratory Manual, Vol. 1. CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, 2009.

INTRODUCTION

Carollia perspicillata has proven to be a valuable laboratory model for studies in reproduction and development. We present here an overview of the care and handling of Carollia in captivity and discuss some pertinent studies in reproductive biology. Finally, we describe various features of the genome and some of the genetic manipulations that are now possible.

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  1. doi:10.1101/pdb.emo118 Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2009: pdb.emo118-
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