Vitamin D3 Metabolic Enzymes in Plateau Zokor (Myospalax baileyi) and Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae): Expression and Response to Hypoxia [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Vitamin D3 (D3) is produced endogenously from 7-dehydrocholesterol by irradiation and is an important secosteroid for the absorption of calcium and phosphate.
Xiaoqi Chen +7 more
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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.
Chen Xiaoqi
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Gut microbiota facilitates adaptation of the plateau zokor (Myospalax baileyi) to the plateau living environment [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Gut microbiota not only helps the hosts to perform many key physiological functions such as food digestion, energy harvesting and immune regulation, but also influences host ecology and facilitates adaptation of the host to extreme environments.
Shuyi Han, Yanan Xing
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Novel genotypes of Cryptosporidium and Enterocytozoon bieneusi detected in plateau zokors (Myospalax baileyi) from the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 The plateau zokor (Myospalax baileyi) is a small subterranean rodent endemic to China that lives alone in sealed underground burrows at altitudes ranging from 2000 to 4200 m above sea level on the Tibetan Plateau.
Bin Hu, Yanan Xing, Shuyi Han
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A New Homotetramer Hemoglobin in the Pulmonary Surfactant of Plateau Zokors (Myospalax Baileyi) [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 The plateau zokor (Myospalax baileyi) is a native species to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, inhabiting hypoxia and hypercapnia sealed subterranean burrows that pose several unique physiological challenges. In this study, we observed a novel heme-containing
Lian Wei, Bo Xu, Delin Qi
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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 +2 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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Ecosphere, 2020 Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) and plateau zokors (Myospalax baileyi) occur naturally in the alpine meadow of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP). Their feeding and burrowing activities affect plant composition and soil properties (e.g., soil carbon ...
Yingxin Wang +6 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype family strain isolated from naturally infected plateau zokor (Myospalax baileyi) in China
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2017 Emerging Microbes & Infections (2017) 6, e47; doi:10.1038/emi.2017.33; published online 7 June ...
Lin Sun +9 more
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Human activities modulate reciprocal effects of a subterranean ecological engineer rodent, Tachyoryctes macrocephalus, on Afroalpine vegetation cover. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 In our study, we tested how human activities in terms of livestock grazing and settlements affect the reciprocal effects between vegetation and giant root‐rats. Our results show that increasing livestock grazing intensity causes increases in giant root‐rat burrow density indirectly through decreased vegetation cover.
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