Function-related Drivers of Skull Morphometric Variation and Sexual Size Dimorphism in a Subterranean Rodent, Plateau Zokor (Eospalax baileyi). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2018 Sexual dimorphism is prevalent in most living organisms. The difference in size between sexes of a given species is generally known as sexual size dimorphism (SSD).
Su J, Hegab IM, Ji W, Nan Z.
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Comparative transcriptomes reveal geographic differences in the ability of the liver of plateau zokors (Eospalax baileyi) to respond and adapt to toxic plants [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2023 Background Environmental changes are expected to intensify in the future. The invasion of toxic plants under environmental changes may change herbivore feeding environments.
Yuchen Tan +5 more
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Soil Nematodes Regulate Ecosystem Multifunctionality Under Different Zokor Mounds in Qinghai–Tibet Alpine Grasslands [PDF]
BiologyThe Qinghai–Tibet Plateau’s alpine grasslands are ecologically vulnerable. Plateau zokors build mounds that modify soil and vegetation, influencing soil biota.
Xiaodong Zhang +4 more
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Identifying Suitable Regions for Fritillaria unibracteata Cultivation Without Damage from the Pest Eospalax baileyi [PDF]
PlantsThe plateau zokor, Eospalax baileyi Thomas, is a destructive mammal pest affecting the cultivation of the medicinal plant Fritillaria unibracteata Hsiao et K.C. Hsia.
Changrong Deng +4 more
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RegCloser: a robust regression approach to closing genome gaps [PDF]
BMC Bioinformatics, 2023 Background Closing gaps in draft genomes leads to more complete and continuous genome assemblies. The ubiquitous genomic repeats are challenges to the existing gap-closing methods, based on either the k-mer representation by the de Bruijn graph or the ...
Shenghao Cao, Mengtian Li, Lei M. Li
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Genomic microsatellite characterization and development of polymorphic microsatellites in Eospalax baileyi [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMicrosatellite markers are cost-effective, rapid, efficient, and show great advantages in in large-sample kinship analysis and population structure studies. However, microsatellite loci are seriously underdeveloped in non-model organisms.
Qiqi Hou +5 more
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Ingesting Stellera chamaejasme Significantly Impacts the Gastrointestinal Tract Bacterial Community and Diversity in Plateau Zokors (Eospalax baileyi) [PDF]
MicroorganismsIntestinal bacteria are considered the “second genome” of the host, playing a crucial physiological role in assisting the host in degrading plant secondary compounds, nutrient absorption, immune regulation, and other aspects.
Jialong Guo +3 more
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ZokorDB: tissue specific regulatory network annotation for non-coding elements of plateau zokor
Quantitative Biology, 2020 Background Plateau zokor inhabits in sealed burrows from 2,000 to 4,200 meters at Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This extreme living environment makes it a great model to study animal adaptation to hypoxia, low temperature, and high carbon dioxide concentration.
Jingxue Xin +9 more
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Oxygenation properties and underlying molecular mechanisms of hemoglobin in plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi). [PDF]
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 2019 The plateau zokor (Eospalax baileyi) is a species of subterranean rodent endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. It's well adapted to the cold, hypoxic and hypercapnic burrow.
Peng Pu +8 more
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Genetic adaptations of the plateau zokor in high-elevation burrows. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2015 AbstractThe plateau zokor (Myospalax baileyi) spends its entire life underground in sealed burrows. Confronting limited oxygen and high carbon dioxide concentrations and complete darkness, they epitomize a successful physiological adaptation. Here, we employ transcriptome sequencing to explore the genetic underpinnings of their adaptations to this ...
Shao Y +6 more
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