Periodic Reporting for period 1 - EVOL-WNS (Genetic factors contributing to White Nose Syndrome tolerance in North American and European Myotis-bats)

White-Nose Syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease affecting bats in North-America during hibernation. Since 2007, an estimated 6 million bats have died of the infection, which causes bats to prematurely consume the fat reserves deposited for winter hibernation. The infected bats...