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Chromosomal phylogeny and evolution of the African mole-rats (Bathyergidae)
Chromosome Research, 2008The subterranean African mole-rats (Family Bathyergidae) show considerable variation in their diploid numbers, but there is limited understanding of the events that shaped the extant karyotypes. Here we investigate chromosomal evolution in specimens representative of six genera and an outgroup species, the cane rat Thryonomys swinderianus, using flow ...
Deuve J.L. +3 more
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African Mole‐rats: Ecology and Eusociality
Ethology, 2000Giora Heth, Josephine Todrank
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Biting Performance in Teeth‐Digging African Mole‐Rats (Fukomys, Bathyergidae, Rodentia)
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2009Phenotypic variation is channeled by adaptation to local environments and phylogenetic constraints. The morphology of the obligatorily subterranean African mole-rats of the genus Fukomys has been shaped within the context of their underground habitat, posing particular limits on the animals' morphology.
van Daele, P.A.A.G. +2 more
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Unusual cone and rod properties in subterranean African mole‐rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)
European Journal of Neuroscience, 2004AbstractWe have determined the presence of spectral cone types, and the population densities of cones and rods, in subterranean mole‐rats of the rodent family Bathyergidae, for which light and vision seems of little importance. Most mammals have two spectral cone types, a majority of middle‐ to long‐wave‐sensitive (L‐) cones, and a minority of short ...
Peichl, Leo, Nemec, P., Burda, Hynek
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Allozyme variation and systematics of African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 1992Patterns of allozyme variation were examined within and among eight taxa representing the five genera of endemic African mole-rats of the family Bathergidae. Populations of Georychus capensis and Cryptomys hottentotus exhibited greater degrees of intraspecific allozyme divergence than did populations of Cryptomys damarensis, Bathyergus suillus, or ...
L.L. Janecek +5 more
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Slow aging in mammals—Lessons from African mole-rats and bats
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2017(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
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The Molecular Basis of Acid Insensitivity in the African Naked Mole-Rat
Science, 2011Life in a high–carbon dioxide environment has eliminated acid-evoked pain in the naked mole-rat.
Ewan St John, Smith +5 more
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Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 2007
Low resting metabolic rate (RMR) in subterranean rodents used to be considered as a physiological adaptation to cope with stresses of the belowground environment. In African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia), RMR was reported to be independent of body mass.
Zelová, J. +3 more
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Low resting metabolic rate (RMR) in subterranean rodents used to be considered as a physiological adaptation to cope with stresses of the belowground environment. In African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia), RMR was reported to be independent of body mass.
Zelová, J. +3 more
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Seismic communication in demon African mole rat Tachyoryctes daemon from Tanzania
Journal of Ethology, 2013We describe the production of substrate-borne vibrations in a subterranean mole rat of the genus Tachyoryctes for the first time. These signals with a supposed communication function were recorded using two approaches. Firstly, we recorded the production of spontaneous substrate-borne vibrations of individual test animals in artificial tunnels ...
Ema Hrouzková +3 more
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Size matters: genital allometry in an African mole-rat (Family: Bathyergidae)
Evolutionary Ecology, 2006Typically, sexually selected traits show positive allometry and high coefficients of variation (CV). To date, many studies on the allometry of genitalia have focused on insects. In addition, studies have largely ignored the potential for sexual selection on female genitalia, despite male and female structures presumably co-evolving.
A. A. Kinahan +4 more
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