Informatic application to characterise and identify small mammal species: Arvicolinae (Cricetidae, Rodentia, Mammalia) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe classification of rodent species can be challenging due to high morphological similarities observed among them. This problem is further increased in palaeontological systematics, where classification is traditionally based on the molar morphology ...
M. P. Alfaro‐Ibáñez +3 more
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A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of voles and lemmings (Rodentia: Arvicolinae): Evolutionary and taxonomic implications. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Arvicolinae is one of the most impressive placental radiations with over 150 extant and numerous extinct species that emerged since the Miocene in the Northern Hemisphere.
Natalia I Abramson +4 more
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Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Three Species of the Genus Microtus (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) [PDF]
Animals, 2020 The 65 species of the genus Microtus have unusual sex-related genetic features and a high rate of karyotype variation. However, only nine complete mitogenomes for these species are currently available.
Luz Lamelas +6 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Proedromys bedfordi Thomas 1911 (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. ResourcesThe Duke of Bedford’s vole (Proedromys bedfordi Thomas 1911) is distributed only at the border areas of the Sichuan and Gansu Provinces, China. In this study, the first complete mitochondrial genome of P. bedfordi is generated and characterized.
Shiqing Wang +3 more
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Evaluation of the “Bottleneck” Effect in an Isolated Population of Microtus hartingi (Rodentia, Arvicolinae) from the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria) by Methods of Integrative Analysis [PDF]
Diversity, 2022 An integrative analysis of an isolated population of Harting’s vole (Microtus hartingi) from the Eastern Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria) was carried out by morphological and morphometric methods, computed tomography, Cytb variation data, and experimental ...
Fedor N. Golenishchev +5 more
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The complete mitochondrial genomes of three Ellobius mole vole species (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The subterranean voles of the genus Ellobius are species of subfamily Arvicolinae well adapted to underground life. In this paper, we report the assemblies of complete mitochondrial genomes for three mole voles from genus Ellobius – northern mole vole ...
Olga V. Bondareva +5 more
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A new perspective on the taxonomy and systematics of Arvicolinae (Gray, 1821) and a new time-calibrated phylogeny for the clade [PDF]
PeerJBackground Arvicoline rodents are one of the most speciose and rapidly evolving mammalian lineages. Fossil arvicolines are also among the most common vertebrate fossils found in sites of Pliocene and Pleistocene age in Eurasia and North America. However,
Charles B. Withnell, Simon G. Scarpetta
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New Records of the Afghan Vole, Blanfordimys afghanus (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) from North-East of Khorassan, Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2005 The Afghan vole had not been reported from north-eastern Iran until for the first time its presence was confirmed by examining the pellets of predatory birds from Dargaz, Kalat, Sarakhs and the vicinity of Mashhad through studying the molar teeth.
R. Siahsarvie, R. Rajabi, J. Darvish
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A new record of the Evoron vole (Rodentia, Arvicolinae: Alexandromys evoronensis) in the Far East
Амурский зоологический журнал, 2023 Alexandromys evoronensis is the endemic vole of the Russian Far East. The range of the species is still unclear. Previously, this species was found in two intermontane areas of the Khabarovsk Krai and one area of the Amur Oblast.
Ирина Васильевна Картавцева +4 more
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Searching for signatures of positive selection in cytochrome b gene associated with subterranean lifestyle in fast-evolving arvicolines (Arvicolinae, Cricetidae, Rodentia) [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background Mitochondrial genes encode proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation. Variations in lifestyle and ecological niche can be directly reflected in metabolic performance.
Olga V. Bondareva +4 more
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