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Naked mole-rat [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2008
What is it? Heterocephalus glaber — not exactly cute, but one of the most extraordinary creatures known to science (Figure 1Figure 1).Figure 1Cross-section showing digging chain of naked mole-rats (Photo: Justin O'Riain).View Large Image | View Hi-Res Image | Download PowerPoint SlideWhat's with the teeth? It looks strange because its lips close behind
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The Naked Mole Rat Genome Resource: facilitating analyses of cancer and longevity-related adaptations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Motivation: The naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is an exceptionally long-lived and cancer-resistant rodent native to East Africa. Although its genome was previously sequenced, here we report a new assembly sequenced by us with substantially higher
Alföldi, Jessica   +10 more
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The greater mole-rat (Spalax microphthalmus) and humans: facets of interaction in the Middle Volga Region

open access: yesTheriologia Ukrainica, 2020
In Mordovia, there is a relict local population of the greater mole-rat (Spalax microphthalmus). Similar isolated populations of the greater mole-rat have been preserved only in a few regions of the Volga Region.
Alexey Andreychev
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Digital dissection of the masticatory muscles of the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber (Mammalia, Rodentia) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber, of the family Bathyergidae is a subterranean rodent that feeds on underground roots and tubers and digs extensive tunnel systems with its incisors.
Allard   +74 more
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Molecular adaptation of telomere associated genes in mammals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Placental mammals display a huge range of life history traits, including size, longevity, metabolic rate and germ line generation time. Although a number of general trends have been proposed between these traits, there are exceptions that ...
Donoghue, MTA   +6 more
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Surfacing the deep data of taxonomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Taxonomic databases are perpetuating approaches to citing literature that may have been appropriate before the Internet, often being little more than digitised 5 × 3 index cards.
Page, Roderic
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Acid and inflammatory sensitisation of naked mole-rat colonic afferent nerves

open access: yesMolecular Pain, 2020
Acid sensing in the gastrointestinal tract is required for gut homeostasis and the detection of tissue acidosis caused by ischaemia, inflammation and infection.
James RF Hockley   +6 more
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Novel treatment strategies for chronic kidney disease: insights from the animal kingdom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Many of the >2 million animal species that inhabit Earth have developed survival mechanisms that aid in the prevention of obesity, kidney disease, starvation, dehydration and vascular ageing; however, some animals remain susceptible to these ...
Arnold, Walter   +7 more
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