| tracking chromosome evolution in southern african gerbils using flow-sorted chromosome paints. | desmodillus and gerbilliscus (formerly tatera) comprise a monophyletic group of gerbils (subfamily gerbillinae) which last shared an ancestor approximately 8 million years ago; diploid chromosome number variation among the species ranges from 2n = 36 to 2n = 50. in an attempt to shed more light on chromosome evolution and speciation in these rodents, we compared the karyotypes of 7 species, representing 3 genera, based on homology data revealed by chromosome painting with probes derived from flo ... | 2013 | 23652816 |
| evaluation of taterapox virus in small animals. | taterapox virus (tatv), which was isolated from an african gerbil (tatera kempi) in 1975, is the most closely related virus to variola; however, only the original report has examined its virology. we have evaluated the tropism of tatv in vivo in small animals. we found that tatv does not infect graphiurus kelleni, a species of african dormouse, but does induce seroconversion in the mongolian gerbil (meriones unguiculatus) and in mice; however, in wild-type mice and gerbils, the virus produces an ... | 2017 | 28763036 |
| species composition and community structure of small pest rodents (muridae) in cultivated and fallow fields in maize-growing areas in mayuge district, eastern uganda. | pest rodents remain key biotic constraints to cereal crops production in the east african region where they occur, especially in seasons of outbreaks. despite that, uganda has scant information on rodents as crop pests to guide effective management strategies.a capture-mark-recapture (cmr) technique was employed to study the ecology of small rodents, specifically to establish the species composition and community structure in a maize-based agro ecosystem. trapping of small rodents was conducted ... | 2019 | 31346445 |