| the tibetan hare lepus oiostolus: a novel intermediate host for echinococcus multilocularis. | multicystic hydatids have been found in the livers of hares ( lepus oiostolus) examined from the qinghai-tibet plateau of china. in this study, the causative species was definitively identified as echinococcus multilocularis by mitochondrial dna sequencing. this is the first confirmation of larval e. multilocularis from hares. the hydatids contained protoscolices, suggesting that the hare may contribute to the transmission of e. multilocularis on the tibetan plateau. | 2004 | 14722758 |
| postnatal ontogenetic size and shape changes in the craniums of plateau pika and woolly hare (mammalia: lagomorpha). | in the present study, postnatal ontogenetic size and shape changes in the cranium of two lagomorph species, the plateau pika (ochotona curzoniae) and woolly hare (lepus oiostolus), were investigated by geometric morphometrics. the ontogenetic size and shape changes of their cranium exhibited different growth patterns in response to similar environmental pressures on the qinghai-tibetan plateau. the overall size change in the cranium of the plateau pika was slower than that of the woolly hare. th ... | 2014 | 25017747 |
| molecular characterization of adipose tissue in the african elephant (loxodonta africana). | adipose tissue (at) is a dynamic and flexible organ with regulatory roles in physiological functions including metabolism, reproduction and inflammation; secreted adipokines, including leptin, and fatty acids facilitate many of these roles. the african elephant (loxodonta africana) is experiencing serious challenges to optimal reproduction in captivity. the physiological and molecular basis of this impaired fertility remains unknown. at production of leptin is a crucial molecular link between nu ... | 2014 | 24633017 |