Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian Hoary Bat Genetic Sexing 2009-2020 (ver. 7.0, June 2022)
Dates
Publication Date
2018-10-17
Start Date
2009-01-01
End Date
2018-08-13
Revision
2018-11-20
Revision
2019-11-26
Revision
2020-04-13
Last Revision
2021-01-28
Citation
Pinzari, C.A. and Bonaccorso, F.J., 2018, Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian Hoary Bat Genetic Sexing 2009-2020 (ver. 7.0, June 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9R7L1NS.
Summary
We tested the utility of a protocol using genetic markers that previously proved successful to identify the sex of Vespertilionid bats on tissues collected from live bats and carcasses of varying age from the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus semotus). This molecular method is based on genes unique to X and Y chromosomes in mammals and previously was used successfully on North American hoary bats (L. cinereus). Using genotyping, we determined the sex of 123 of 125 Hawaiian hoary bat tissue samples from carcasses. This dataset includes all 73 samples from the original data release, plus 58 additional samples. NOTE: While previous versions are available from the author, all the records in previous versions can be found in version 7.0. In [...]
Summary
We tested the utility of a protocol using genetic markers that previously proved successful to identify the sex of Vespertilionid bats on tissues collected from live bats and carcasses of varying age from the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus semotus). This molecular method is based on genes unique to X and Y chromosomes in mammals and previously was used successfully on North American hoary bats (L. cinereus). Using genotyping, we determined the sex of 123 of 125 Hawaiian hoary bat tissue samples from carcasses. This dataset includes all 73 samples from the original data release, plus 58 additional samples. NOTE: While previous versions are available from the author, all the records in previous versions can be found in version 7.0. In this abstract we refer to the Hawaiian hoary bat as a full species, Lasiurus semotus, following updated taxonomy for Hawaiian hoary bats (Pinzari et al. 2020; see full citation below in the cross-references section).
First posted - October 17, 2018 (available from author)
Revised - November 20, 2018 (version 2.0 - available from author)
Revised - November 26, 2019 (version 3.0 - available from author)
Revised - April 13, 2020 (version 4.0 - available from author)
Revised - September 28, 2020 (version 5.0 - available from author)
Revised - January 28, 2021 (version 6.0 - available from author)
Revised - June 21, 2022 (version 7.0)
Data were collected to test a genetic technique's validity to determine the sex of Hawaiian hoary bat carcasses and discuss the relevance of the technique to Hawaiian hoary bat population studies and sex ratios. These data can be used to describe the sex of individual bat carcasses collected between 2009 and 2019 on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu.
Revision 7.0 by Paul Berkowitz on June 21, 2022. To review the changes that were made, see “HHB Genetic Sexing 2009-2020 v7.0.txt” in the attached files section.