Comparison and Phylogenetic Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes of Talpidae Animals [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Talpidae is a model group for evolutionary studies due to their highly specialized morphologies and diverse lifestyles. Mitochondrial genomes are molecular markers commonly used in species evolution and phylogenetic studies.
Di Xu +5 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the long-tailed mole: Scaptonyx fusicaudus (Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023 The long-tailed mole (Scaptonyx fusicaudus) belongs to a monotypic genus within the family Talpidae. It is a small semi-fossorial mammal mostly distributed in south-western China.
Xuming Wang +3 more
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New sytematic insights about Plio-Pleistocene moles from Poland [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2016 The generic attribution of the Plio-Pleistocene Polish moles ?Neurotrichus polonicus and ?Neurotrichus skoczeni has been questioned several times in the past.
Gabriele Sansalone +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of short-faced mole (Scaptochirus moschatus, Talpidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 The short-faced mole (Scaptochirus moschatus) is a unique Chinese mammal that lives in burrows for life. In this study, we used Illumina NovaSeq sequencing to obtain the complete mitochondrial genome of the short-faced mole.
Lei Chen, Di Xu, Mengyao Sun
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A new species of shrew moles, genus Uropsilus Milne-Edwards, 1871 (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae), from the Wuyi Mountains, Jiangxi Province, eastern China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2023 Asian shrew moles, genus Uropsilus, are the most primitive members of family Talpidae. They are distributed mainly in southwestern China and adjacent Bhutan, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
Xueyang Ren +9 more
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Genome sequencing uncovers the history of the Russian desman’s gradual population decline and contributes to the evolutionary history of Talpidae [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionBackground The Russian desman (Desmana moschata) is a critically endangered, elusive semi-aquatic mammal. While understanding its historical population dynamics is crucial for conservation, genomic data on its evolutionary and demographic history remain ...
Sergei A. Kosushkin +8 more
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The genome sequence of the European mole, Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a female Talpa europaea (European mole; Chordata; Mammalia; Eulipotyphla; Talpidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 2,060.98 megabases and 2,056.47 megabases.
Nicola Pearce +2 more
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Academ Virus, a Novel Hantavirus in the Siberian Mole (Talpa altaica) from Russia [PDF]
Viruses, 2022 To date, six hantavirus species have been detected in moles (family Talpidae). In this report, we describe Academ virus (ACDV), a novel hantavirus harbored by the Siberian mole (Talpa altaica) in Western Siberia.
Liudmila N. Yashina +8 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of white-tailed mole (Parascaptor leucura) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 The white-tailed mole (Parascaptor leucura) belongs to genus Parascaptor, which is a monotypic genus distributed across Southwestern China, Assam (India), Bengal, and Northern Burma, and Laos.
Fei Xie +4 more
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the short-faced mole (Scaptochirus moschatus) [PDF]
Scientific DataThe short-faced mole (Scaptochirus moschatus) belonging to the family Talpidae in the order Eulipotyphla is a good model for studying adaptive evolution of mammals because of its morphological and ecological characteristics.
Lei Chen +6 more
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