Genetic signatures for enhanced olfaction in the African mole-rats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The Olfactory Receptor (OR) superfamily, the largest in the vertebrate genome, is responsible for vertebrate olfaction and is traditionally subdivided into 17 OR families.
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Social structure predicts genital morphology in African mole-rats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND:African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) exhibit a wide range of social structures, from solitary to eusocial. We previously found a lack of sex differences in the external genitalia and morphology of the perineal muscles associated with the
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Fossorial adaptations in African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) and the unique appendicular phenotype of naked mole-rats [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2022 Morphological and developmental analyses demonstrated that the naked mole-rats are the least anatomically specialized bathyergid for scratch-digging.
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Masticatory musculature of the African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The Bathyergidae, commonly known as blesmols or African mole-rats, is a family of rodents well-known for their subterranean lifestyle and tunnelling behaviour. Four of the five extant bathyergid genera (Cryptomys, Fukomys, Georychus and Heliophobius) are
Philip G. Cox +2 more
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Perioral secretions enable complex social signaling in African mole-rats (genus Fukomys) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Subterranean common mole-rats of the genus Fukomys (family Bathyergidae) live in large, cooperatively-breeding families. Odor cues have been hypothesized to play an important role in mediating social behaviors in the underground ecotope, but only little ...
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The Evolution and Ecology of Oxidative and Antioxidant Status: A Comparative Approach in African Mole-Rats [PDF]
Antioxidants, 2023 The naked mole-rat of the family Bathyergidae has been the showpiece for ageing research as they contradict the traditional understanding of the oxidative stress theory of ageing.
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African Mole-Rats May Have High Bone Conduction Sensitivity to Counterbalance Low Air Conduction Sensitivity [PDF]
Audiology ResearchBackground/Objectives: Subterranean mole-rats live in an intricate system of underground tunnels, a unique acoustic environment that has led to adaptations to their hearing.
Andrew Bell
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The impact of gape on the performance of the skull in chisel-tooth digging and scratch digging mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 The African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) are a family of rodents highly adapted for life underground. Previous research has shown that chisel-tooth digging mole-rats (which use their incisors to dig burrows) are clearly distinguishable from scratch diggers ...
Andrew F. McIntosh, Philip G. Cox
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Naked mole-rats have distinctive cardiometabolic and genetic adaptations to their underground low-oxygen lifestyles [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber is a eusocial mammal exhibiting extreme longevity (37-year lifespan), extraordinary resistance to hypoxia and absence of cardiovascular disease.
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Low thyroxine serves as an upstream regulator of ecophysiological adaptations in Ansell’s mole-rats [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyIntroductionAbout 10% of all rodent species have evolved a subterranean way of life, although life in subterranean burrows is associated with harsh environmental conditions that would be lethal to most animals living above ground. Two key adaptations for
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