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The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the Chinese red pika (Ochotona erythrotis)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018 In this study, we undertook the first complete Ochotona erythrotis mitochondrial genome. The genome sequence was 16,663 bp in length, including the typical structure of 22 transfer RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and the non ...
Yu-Jiao He +4 more
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Not so unique to Primates: The independent adaptive evolution of TRIM5 in Lagomorpha lineage.
PLoS ONE, 2019 The plethora of restriction factors with the ability to inhibit the replication of retroviruses have been widely studied and genetic hallmarks of evolutionary selective pressures in Primates have been well documented.
Ana Águeda-Pinto +5 more
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The plateau pika has multiple benefits for alpine grassland ecosystem in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2020 The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) has been engaged in pest control for many years based on the logic that the plateau pika is responsible for alpine grassland degradation and competes with livestock for forage resources.
Xinquan Zhao +3 more
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Preliminary report on the middle Pleistocene small mammal fauna from Yarimburgaz Cave in Turkish Thrace [PDF]
Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 1998 Aus den Ablagerungen der Yarimburgaz-Höhle werden zwei Kleinsäugerfaunen vorgelegt. Die sehr begrenzte Fauna aus dem älteren Sedimentationszyklus I enthält außer Arten, die auch heute noch in der weiteren Region verbreitet sind, vor allem Cricetus ...
W. Santel, W. Von Koenigswald
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, 2016 Genus Ochotona Link, 1795 TYPE SPECIES. — Ochotona daurica (Pallas, 1776).Published as part of Sen, Sevket, 2016, Rodents, lagomorphs and insectivores, pp.
Sen, Sevket
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Pikas (Ochotona Link, 1795) are high‐altitude specialist species making them a useful bioindicator species to warming in high‐altitude ecosystem. The Himalayan Mountains are an important part of their range, supporting approximately 23%–25% of total pika
Nishma Dahal +5 more
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Grazing Impact on Plant Seed Production in Southern Mongolia [PDF]
Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2008 Nomadic livestock husbandry practices have a long history in Mongolia and still represent the main form of land use. Because of increasing livestock numbers, the danger of overgrazing and steppe degradation is on the rise. Nevertheless,
Christine Bläß +3 more
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, 2017 The mammalian microbial communities in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) play important roles in host nutrition and health. However, we still lack an understanding of how these communities are organized across GIT in natural environments.
Li, CN +9 more
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Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 2010 <strong>Abstract</strong> The relative abundance of Royle’s pika (<em>Ochotona roylei</em>) was studied in a part of the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand, West Himalaya along an altitudinal gradient from 2900 to
Sabuj Bhattacharyya +2 more
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, 2010 Ochotona sp. 1 (Fig. 2R) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — One isolated left p3 (FRA 11) of black colour. LOCALITY. — Frunzovka-1 (Odessa province, Ukraine); Early Pliocene (Ruscinian, MN 14) (Fig. 1). MEASUREMENTS.
Čermák, Stanislav, Rekovets, Leonid I.
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