Publications
| extensive amplification of telomeric repeats in the karyotypically highly diverse african pygmy mice. | telomeres are ribonucleoprotein structures protecting the physical ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. however, telomeric sequences can also occur at non-terminal regions of chromosomes, forming the so-called interstitial telomeric sequences (itss). some itss are considered as relics of past chromosomal rearrangements and as such provide important insights into karyotype evolution. by fish, we explored the distribution of telomeric motifs in the genome of a complex of mammalian species that has long ... | 2017 | 28738367 |
| improved mitochondrial coupling as a response to high mass-specific metabolic rate in extremely small mammals. | mass-specific metabolic rate negatively co-varies with body mass from the whole-animal to the mitochondrial levels. mitochondria are the mainly consumers of oxygen inspired by mammals to generate atp or compensate for energetic losses dissipated as the form of heat (proton leak) during oxidative phosphorylation. consequently, atp synthesis and proton leak compete for the same electrochemical gradient. because proton leak co-varies negatively with body mass, it is unknown whether extremely small ... | 2020 | 32041806 |