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Shrews

Known as: Shrew, Soricidae 
Small mammals in the family Soricidae, order Soricomorpha (formerly Insectivora). They resemble moles and are characterized by a mobile snout, sharp… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Genome of the Chinese tree shrew.
Chinese tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) possess many features valuable in animals used as experimental models in… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Comparative phylogeography of unglaciated eastern North America
Regional phylogeographical studies involving co‐distributed animal and plant species have been conducted for several areas, most… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Post-glacial re-colonization of European biota
Population structure is the result of both present processes and past history. Molecular markers are proving of great value in… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Neurogenesis in the Dentate Gyrus of the Adult Tree Shrew Is Regulated by Psychosocial Stress and NMDA Receptor Activation
These studies were designed to determine whether adult neurogenesis occurs in the dentate gyrus of the tree shrew, an animal… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Orientation Selectivity and the Arrangement of Horizontal Connections in Tree Shrew Striate Cortex
Horizontal connections, formed primarily by the axon collaterals of pyramidal neurons in layer 2/3 of visual cortex, extend for… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The Tree of Life: Universal and Cultural Features of Folkbiological Taxonomies and Inductions
Abstract Two parallel studies were performed with members of very different cultures—industrialized American and traditional… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Active emmetropization--evidence for its existence and ramifications for clinical practice.
  • C. Wildsoet
  • Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal…
  • 1997
  • Corpus ID: 22605227
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Chronic Psychosocial Stress Causes Apical Dendritic Atrophy of Hippocampal CA3 Pyramidal Neurons in Subordinate Tree Shrews
We have shown previously that repeated laboratory restraint stress or daily corticosterone administration affects the structure… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
The organization and connections of somatosensory cortex in marmosets
Microelectrode mapping methods were used to define and describe 3 representations of the body surface in somatosensory cortex of… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Correlation between deoxyribonucleic acid excision-repair and life-span in a number of mammalian species.
  • R. Hart, R. Setlow
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
  • 1974
  • Corpus ID: 2487716
The ability of fibroblasts to perform unscheduled DNA synthesis (a measure of excision-repair) after UV irradiation was measured… 
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