Elise holds a baby big brown bat - still (IMAGE)

University of Vermont

Elise holds a baby big brown bat - still

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Elise Lauterbur studies how species evolve to environmental threats such as pathogens and focuses on disease resistance. The study found that bats have a unique way they code genetic changes after exposure to viral pathogens. 

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Joshua Defibaugh, University of Vermont

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