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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ZokorDB: tissue specific regulatory network annotation for non‐coding elements of plateau zokor
Quantitative Biology, 2020 BackgroundPlateau 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.MethodsWe provide an integrated resource, ZokorDB, for tissue specific regulatory network annotation ...
Xuemei Lu, Junjun Hao, Luonan Chen
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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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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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PLoS ONE, 2015 This paper reports the fossil zokors (Myospalacinae) collected from the lower Pliocene (~4.4 Ma) of Zanda Basin, southwestern Tibet, which is the first record in the hinterland of Tibetan Plateau within the Himalayan Range.
Qiang Li, Xiaoming Wang
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Gut Microbiome Changes in Captive Plateau Zokors ( Eospalax baileyi ) [PDF]
Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 2021 Wild-caught animals must cope with drastic lifestyle and dietary changes after being induced to captivity. How the gut microbiome structure of these animals will change in response receives increasing attention. The plateau zokor ( Eospalax baileyi), a typic subterranean rodent endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, spends almost the whole life ...
Liu, Daoxin +6 more
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