Current 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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Adult neurogenesis and its anatomical context in the hippocampus of three mole-rat species
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2014 African mole-rats (family Bathyergidae) are small to medium sized, long-lived and strictly subterranean rodents that became valuable animal models as a result of their longevity and diversity in social organization.
Irmgard eAmrein +6 more
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Zambian Mole-Rats: 33 Years on the Scene and What We Still Do Not Know and How We Could Learn It
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 This article surveys more than three decades of research on Zambian mole-rats (genus Fukomys, Bathyergidae), pointing out some unanswered questions and untested hypotheses and suggesting approaches to address them.
Hynek Burda
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Comparative Morphology of the Penis and Clitoris in Four Species of Moles (Talpidae). [PDF]
, 2017 The penile and clitoral anatomy of four species of Talpid moles (broad-footed, star-nosed, hairy-tailed, and Japanese shrew moles) were investigated to define penile and clitoral anatomy and to examine the relationship of the clitoral anatomy with the ...
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Novel treatment strategies for chronic kidney disease: insights from the animal kingdom [PDF]
, 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 ...
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Pretender punishment induced by chemical signalling in a queenless ant [PDF]
, 2002 Animal societies are stages for both conflict and cooperation. Reproduction is often monopolized by one or a few individuals who behave aggressively to prevent subordinates from reproducing (for example, naked mole-rats, wasps and ants).
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Mole-rat from Khortytsia in the light of morphological and geographical relations between Spalax zemni and S. microphthalmus [PDF]
Праці Теріологічної школи, 2016 The taxonomic status of the mole-rats from Khortytsia Island which is located between the ranges of Spalax zemni (right bank of the Dnipro) and S. microphthalmus (left bank) are considered.
Maryna Korobchenko, Igor Zagorodniuk
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Hypofunctional TrkA Accounts for the Absence of Pain Sensitization in the African Naked Mole-Rat
Cell Reports, 2016 The naked mole-rat is a subterranean rodent lacking several pain behaviors found in humans, rats, and mice. For example, nerve growth factor (NGF), an important mediator of pain sensitization, fails to produce thermal hyperalgesia in naked mole-rats. The
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Blunted neuronal calcium response to hypoxia in naked mole-rat hippocampus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Naked mole-rats are highly social and strictly subterranean rodents that live in large communal colonies in sealed and chronically oxygen-depleted burrows.
Bethany L Peterson +4 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 African mole-rats of the genus Fukomys (Northern common mole-rats) combine a monogamous mating system and pronounced sexual size dimorphism; a pattern highly untypical for mammals.
Kai R. Caspar +2 more
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