Diet-Driven Divergence in Gut Microbiota Variation Between Two Sympatric Gerbil Species. [PDF]
Ecol EvolABSTRACT Gut microbiota provide various benefits to their mammalian hosts; however, knowledge regarding interspecific differences in gut microecology remains limited. This study employed 16S rRNA sequencing combined with metagenomic functional prediction (potential functions or functional potential) to conduct a comparative analysis of the gut ...
Chu D +9 more
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Leishmaniasis in Morocco: Epidemiology, Transmission Dynamics, and the Potential of Artificial Intelligence for Disease Management. [PDF]
J Parasitol ResLeishmaniases are neglected tropical diseases caused by Leishmania parasites and transmitted by infected phlebotomine sand flies, and they remain a major public health challenge in Morocco. The burden is dominated by cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and visceral leishmaniasis (VL), mainly associated with Leishmania major, Leishmania tropica, and L ...
Harkat C +5 more
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Morphological comparison of fourteen species of the genus Meriones Illiger, 1811 (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) from Asia and North Africa [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2011 Genus Meriones is the dominant member of gerbils in the Palaearctic region, particularly in aride region of Asia. This is also one of the most typical genus of subfamily Gerbillinae with about 17 morphospecies namely: M. persicus, M.
J Darvish
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New Insights Into the Evolution of Immune Adaptors in Murid Rodents. [PDF]
Ecol EvolTIR domain‐containing adaptors were evolved under purifying selection in murine. Positively selected sites were identified in Mal and Myd88 genes. Reduced genetic diversity of each adaptor gene was observed in two rat populations. Shared polymorphisms were common phenomena in rat adaptors.
Su Q, She Z, Chen Y.
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Investigation of climatic effects on the shape and volume of tympanic bulla of Meriones libycus and M. persicus (Muridae: Rodentia) from Northeastern Iran: An evolutionary approach [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2008 The jirds, Meriones persicus and M. libycus are two widespread species in Iran. Meriones libycus can be found in low lands of deserts and semi desert areas, but Meriones persicus in high rocky regions of Khorasan. In this research 190 skulls belonging to
M. Momenzadeh +4 more
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Effect of intensity-modulated radiation therapy on sciatic nerve injury caused by echinococcosis
Neural Regeneration Research, 2021 Conventional radiotherapy has a good killing effect on femoral echinococcosis. However, the sciatic nerve around the lesion is irreversibly damaged owing to bystander effects.
Wan-Long Xu +8 more
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Ancient Urban Ecology Reconstructed from Archaeozoological Remains of Small Mammals in the Near East [PDF]
, 2014 Acknowledgments We especially thank the many archaeologists who collaborated closely with our project and invested pioneering efforts in intensive fine-scale retrieval of the archaeozoological samples that provided the basis for this study: Shai Bar ...
Bar-Oz, Guy +5 more
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Transplantable melanomas in hamsters and gerbils as models for human melanoma : sensitization in melanoma radiotherapy : from animal models to clinical trials [PDF]
, 2018 The focus of the present review is to investigate the role of melanin in the radioprotection of melanoma and attempts to sensitize tumors to radiation by inhibiting melanogenesis. Early studies showed radical scavenging, oxygen consumption and adsorption
Andrzej Słominski +11 more
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Novel rodent models for macular research [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Many disabling human retinal disorders involve the central retina, particularly the macula. However, the commonly used rodent models in research, mouse and rat, do not possess a macula.
Huber, Gesine +11 more
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Coarse-resolution Ecology of Etiological Agent, Vector, and Reservoirs of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Libya. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Cutaneous leishmaniasis ranks among the tropical diseases least known and most neglected in Libya. World Health Organization reports recognized associations of Phlebotomus papatasi, Psammomys obesus, and Meriones spp., with transmission of zoonotic ...
Abdallah M Samy +4 more
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