The Complex and Well-Developed Morphological and Histological Structures of the Gastrointestinal Tract of the Plateau Zokor Improve Its Digestive Adaptability to High-Fiber Foods [PDF]
Animals, 2022 The morphological and histological traits of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) enable the animal to perform some specific functions that enhance the species’ adaptability to environments.
Xincheng Cai +6 more
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Digestive Tract Morphology and Gut Microbiota Jointly Determine an Efficient Digestive Strategy in Subterranean Rodents: Plateau Zokor [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Rodents’ lifestyles vary in different environments, and to adapt to various lifestyles specific digestion strategies have been developed. Among these strategies, the morphology of the digestive tracts and the gut microbiota are considered to play the ...
Shou-Dong Zhang +7 more
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GeodermaAs crucial regulators of the ecosystem functions, soil microbes are facing a range of challenges including ecological degradation caused by small mammal disturbances.
Xiaojuan Zhang +7 more
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Simulation of Soil Temperature under Plateau Zokor’s (Eospalax baileyi) Disturbance in the Qinghai Lake Watershed, Northeast Qinghai–Tibet Plateau [PDF]
Animals, 2023 The soil temperature is a key factor affecting the fragile terrestrial ecosystems on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, and has been remarkably altered by the soil mammal’s disturbance. This study first analyzed the soil temperature variation in grassland, mound,
Ting Xie, Yu-Jun Ma
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Response to Different Oxygen Partial Pressures and Evolution Analysis of Apoptosis-Related Genes in Plateau Zokor (Myospalax baileyi) [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 The plateau zokor (Myospalax baileyi) is a native species of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau that spends its entire life underground in sealed burrows with hypoxic conditions.
Zhifang An +6 more
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A Comparative Study on the Distribution Pattern of Endocrine Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Two Small Alpine Mammals, Plateau Zokor (Eospalax baileyi) and Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae) [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Endocrine cells can secrete a variety of gastrointestinal hormones that regulate gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, which, in turn, play an important role in animal growth, metabolism, and acclimation.
Xincheng Cai +6 more
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Comparative analysis of microRNA and messengerRNA expression profiles in plateau zokor testicular cells under reproductive suppression [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 IntroductionReproductive suppression is an adaptive strategy that affects the success rate and reproductive efficiency in animals, which in turn affects population continuation and evolution.
Baohui Yao +13 more
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Seasonal Expression of Gonadotropin Genes in the Pituitary and Testes of Male Plateau Zokor (Eospalax baileyi) [PDF]
Animals, 2022 The gonadotropins, luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), are glycoprotein hormones in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis and regulate mammalian reproduction.
Kang An +6 more
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Plant diversity is closely related to the density of zokor mounds in three alpine rangelands on the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Plateau zokor (Myospalax baileyi) is a subterranean rodent endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. This species has been generally viewed as a pest in China due to the competition for food with livestock and also causing soil erosion.
Yujie Niu +8 more
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Increased burrow oxygen levels trigger defensive burrow-sealing behavior by plateau zokors [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Defensive behaviors are a response to immediate and potential threats in the environment, including abiotic and biotic threats. Subterranean rodents exhibit morphological and physiological adaptions for life underground, and they will seal with mounds ...
Bin Chu +5 more
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