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Mole Rats

Known as: Molerats, Mole-Rat, Rats, Mole 
Any of several burrowing rodents of the families MURIDAE and Bathyergidae, found in eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have short limbs, small… 
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2006
2006
The Topography and Gross Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal Tract of the Cape Dune Mole‐rat (Bathyergus suillus)
The Cape dune mole‐rat, Bathyergus suillus, is the largest truly subterranean rodent in the world and is restricted to sandy soil… 
2002
2002
Thermogenic changes with chronic cold exposure in the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber).
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
Scent-marking by male mice under the risk of predation
The use by predators of scent marks made by potential prey is a largely unexplored potential cost of olfactory signaling. Here we… 
1999
1999
The karyotypes of Cryptomys anselli sp. nova and Cryptomys kafuensis sp. nova: new species of the common mole-rat from Zambia (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Combined Olfactory Contact with the Parent Colony and Direct Contact with Nonbreeding Animals Does Not Maintain Suppression of Ovulation in Female Naked Mole-Rats (Heterocephalus glaber)
The study investigated the role of odor cues from two naked mole-rat colonies, in conjunction with behavioral cues from… 
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1993
Highly Cited
1993
Ocular regression conceals adaptive progression of the visual system in a blind subterranean mammal
THE mole rat, Spalax ehrenberghi, is an extreme example of natural visual degeneration in mammals: visual pathways are regressed… 
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1992
Highly Cited
1992
Nucleotide sequence variation in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene and the phylogeny of African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae).
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation was examined in eight taxa of the African rodent family Bathyergidae, as well as in… 
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1991
Highly Cited
1991
Retinal projections in the blind mole rat: a WGA-HRP tracing study of a natural degeneration.
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1983
Highly Cited
1983
Photoperiodic effects on thermoregulation in a 'blind' subterranean mammal.
Thermoregulatory responses to changes in photoperiod were studied in the 'blind' mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi (Nehring… 
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1976
Highly Cited
1976
HYBRIDIZATION AND SPECIATION IN FOSSORIAL MOLE RATS
  • E. NevoHana Bar-El
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1976
  • Corpus ID: 205773202
Hybrid zones between parapatric chromosomal species are of prime evolutionary significance as natural testing grounds for… 
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