| dna sequence variation in the mitochondrial control region of subterranean mole rats, spalax ehrenbergi superspecies, in israel. | the complete mitochondrial control region was sequenced for 60 individuals representing different populations for each of the four species of the subterranean mole rat spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in israel: spalax galili (2n = 52), s. golani (2n = 54), s. carmeli (2n = 58), and s. judaei (2n = 60). the control region of all species and populations is very similar both in length (979 to 983 bp) and in base composition. as in agreement with previous surveys on mitochondrial control regions on m ... | 2003 | 12679542 |
| they live in the land down under: thyroid function and basal metabolic rate in the blind mole rat, spalax. | the israeli blind subterranean mole rat (spalax ehrenbergi superspecies) lives in sealed underground burrows under extreme, hypoxic conditions. the four israeli spalax allospecies have adapted to different climates, the cool-humid (spalax galili, 2 n = 52 chromosomes), semihumid (s. golani, 2 n = 54) north regions, warm-humid (s. carmeli, 2 n = 58) central region and the warm-dry s. judaei, 2 n = 60) southern regions. a dramatic interspecies decline in basal metabolic rate (bmr) from north to so ... | 2014 | 24066698 |