Signatures of Adaptation in Mitochondrial Genomes of Palearctic Subterranean Voles (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) [PDF]
Genes, 2021 The current study evaluates the selection signals in the evolution of mitochondrial DNA of voles, subfamily Arvicolinae, during the colonization of subterranean environments. The comparative sequence analysis of mitochondrial protein-coding genes of eight subterranean vole species (Prometheomys schaposchnikowi, three species of the genus Ellobius: E ...
Olga V Bondareva +2 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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The complete mitochondrial genome of the common vole, Microtus arvalis (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018 The common vole, Microtus arvalis belongs to the genus Microtus in the subfamily Arvicolinae. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of M. arvalis was recovered using shotgun sequencing and an iterative mapping approach using three related ...
Remco Folkertsma +3 more
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DiversityVoles and lemmings (subfamily Arvicolinae) remain some of the most difficult groups for disentangling phylogenetic relations owing to recent and very fast explosive radiation.
Natalia Abramson +2 more
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Small rodent monitoring at Birkebeiner Road, Norway [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Northern small mammal populations are renowned for their multi-annual population cycles. Population cycles are multi-faceted and have extensive impacts on the rest of the ecosystem.
Magne Neby +7 more
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Molecular Evolution and Zoonotic Potential of Muju Virus (Orthohantavirus puumalaense) in Craseomys regulus, Republic of Korea. [PDF]
J Med VirolABSTRACT Orthohantavirus puumalaense causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Europe, with Puumala virus (PUUV) as its primary representative. Muju virus (MUJV), harbored by Craseomys regulus, an Arvicolinae rodent species endemic to the Republic of Korea (ROK), is also a genotype of O. puumalaense.
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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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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 In this paper, we present a detailed survey on the rodent fauna from the site of Barranco de los Conejos (Guadix-Baza Basin, southern Spain). Its rodent fauna is composed of three arvicolines (Orcemys giberti, Manchenomys oswaldoreigi, and Tibericola ...
JORDI AGUSTÍ , PEDRO PIÑERO
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How voles adapt to subterranean lifestyle: Insights from RNA-seq
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Life under the earth surface is highly challenging and associated with a number of morphological, physiological and behavioral modifications. Subterranean niche protects animals from predators, fluctuations in environmental parameters, but is ...
Olga Bondareva +6 more
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Do Snow-Adapted Prey Facilitate Coexistence of the Sierra Nevada Red Fox With Sympatric Carnivores? [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Specialist species in alpine ecosystems may be increasingly threatened by climate‐driven habitat loss and encroachment by generalist competitors. Ecological theory predicts that niche differentiation through dietary specialisation can facilitate coexistence with generalist competitors.
Rosburg-Francot G +5 more
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