| the validity of different zokor species and the genus eospalax inferred from mitochondrial gene sequences. | to help resolve the systematic position of myospalacine (zokors) and to clarify the phylogenetic relationships among zokor species, complete mitochondrial 12s rrna and cytochrome b gene sequences were determined for seven zokor species from china. phylogenetic relationships among all extant zokors, except the siberian zokor (myospalax myospalax) and smith's zokor (eospalax smithi), were reconstructed with the chinese bamboo rat (rhizomys sinensis) as an outgroup. our results support the generic ... | 2008 | 21396079 |
| taxonomy and phylogenetic relationship of zokors. | zokor (myospalacinae) is one of the subterranean rodents, endemic to east asia. due to the convergent and parallel evolution induced by its special lifestyles, the controversies in morphological classification of zokor appeared at the level of family and genus. to resolve these controversies about taxonomy and phylogeny, the phylogenetic relationships of 20 species of muroidea and six species of zokors were studied based on complete mitochondrial genome and mitochondrial cytb gene, respectively. ... | 2020 | 32482927 |
| codon 104 variation of p53 gene provides adaptive apoptotic responses to extreme environments in mammals of the tibet plateau. | mutational changes in p53 correlate well with tumorigenesis. remarkably, however, relatively little is known about the role that p53 variations may play in environmental adaptation. here we report that codon asparagine-104 (104n) and glutamic acid-104 (104e), respectively, of the p53 gene in the wild zokor (myospalax baileyi) and root vole (microtus oeconomus) are adaptively variable, meeting the environmental stresses of the tibetan plateau. they differ from serine-104 (104s) seen in other rode ... | 2013 | 24297887 |
| complete mitochondrial genome of the gansu zokor, eospalax cansus (rodentia, spalacidae). | mysopalacinae (zokors) is a group of fossorial rodents for which the taxonomy has yet to reach consensus. furthermore, due to their fossorial lifestyle, little is known about their ecology. molecular data are important to elucidate such aspects. in this paper, the complete mitochondrial dna genome of gansu zokor (eospalax cansus) of the type found in lintan, china was determined. the genome is 16,354 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 trna genes, two ribosomal rna genes, an ... | 2013 | 23544500 |
| abundance and characteristics of microsatellite markers in gansu zokor (eospalax cansus), a fossorial rodent endemic to the loess plateau, china. | | 2014 | 24823306 |