| mitochondrial genome of bamboo rat rhizomys pruinosus. | abstract bamboo rats are a group of subterranean rodents some of which feed on the roots and shoots of bamboo and other plants. in this study, we sequence the mitochondrial genome of a hoary bamboo rat rhizomys pruinosus from the south of china. the genome is 16,575 bp in length, and had a gene content of 13 protein coding, 22 trnas and 2 rrnas. the overall base composition is 30.94% t, 24.83% c, 32.21% a and 12.02% g, with an a+t bias of 63.15%. the cytochrome genes were the most conservative g ... | 2014 | 23815328 |
| adaptation of pelage color and pigment variations in israeli subterranean blind mole rats, spalax ehrenbergi [corrected]. | concealing coloration in rodents is well established. however, only a few studies examined how soil color, pelage color, hair-melanin content, and genetics (i.e., the causal chain) synergize to configure it. this study investigates the causal chain of dorsal coloration in israeli subterranean blind mole rats, spalax ehrenbergi. | 2013 | 23935991 |
| typhlitis and abdominal cystic lymphangiomatosis in a mt. carmel blind mole rat (nannospalax (ehrenbergi) carmeli). | an abdominal cystic lymphangiomatosis in a mt. carmel blind mole rat (nannospalax (ehrenbergi) carmeli) is described. this case was most likely due to a congenital abnormality with long-term compensation by the animal. the case describes the clinical course and subsequent postmortem examination. the death in the animal was caused by an abscess in the peritoneal wall and subsequent peritonitis. | 2012 | 22779253 |
| resistance to dna damage and enhanced dna repair capacity in the hypoxia-tolerant blind mole rat spalax carmeli. | blind mole rats of the genus spalax are the only mammalian species to date for which spontaneous cancer has never been reported and resistance to carcinogen-induced cancers has been demonstrated. however, the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. the fact that spalax spp. are also hypoxia-tolerant and long-lived species implies the presence of molecular adaptations to prevent genomic instability, which underlies both cancer and aging. we previously demonstrated the upregulation of t ... | 2018 | 29593080 |