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Spalax

A genus of blind, subterranean MOLE RATS, in the subfamily Spalacidae, family MURIDAE, used as a animal model in neurophysiology. There are at least… 
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2006
2006
Differential expression profiling of the blind subterranean mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies: bioprospecting for hypoxia tolerance.
The blind subterranean mole rat of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies, living underground and exposed to fluctuating oxygen and… 
2002
2002
Adaptive evolution of small heat shock protein/ αB-crystallin promoter activity of the blind subterranean mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi
Blind mole rats have degenerated subcutaneous eyes that are visually nonfunctional. In this investigation, we have compared the… 
1999
1999
Molecular Evolution of Cytochrome b of Subterranean Mole Rats, Spalax ehrenbergi Superspecies, in Israel
Abstract. We describe the molecular evolution of cytochrome b of blind subterranean mole rats. We examined 12 individuals for… 
1999
1999
Developmental stability and adaptive radiation in the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in the Near‐East
Chromosomal species of the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi, in Israel have been shown to display distinct adaptive strategies to… 
1997
1997
Size of somatosensory cortex and of somatosensory thalamic nuclei of the naturally blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi.
The hypothesis that the somatosensory system in the naturally blind subterranean rodent Spalax ehrenbergi (= mole rat) is… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Genetic polymorphisms in subterranean mammals (Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies) in the Near East revisited: patterns and theory
Allozyme diversity in the superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi has been revisited by studying 36 gene loci in 241 subterranean mole… 
1987
1987
Evolutionary expansion of Mhc class I loci in the mole-rat, Spalax ehrenbergi.
A cosmid genomic library was prepared from a single individual of the rodent Spalax ehrenbergi, the mole rat, captured in Israel… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Geographic dialects in blind mole rats: role of vocal communication in active speciation.
We compared and contrasted the physical structure of male "courtship" calls of 59 subterranean mole rats belonging to the Spalax… 
1987
1987
Evolutionary diversification of class II P loci in the Mhc of the mole-rat Spalax ehrenbergi.
The class II region of the major histocompatibility complex (Smh) in the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi, consists of only two gene… 
1976
1976
Assortative mating between chromosome forms of the mole rat,Spalax ehrenbergi
Females of two parapatric chromosomal forms (2n=52 and 2n=58) of the fossorial mole rat,Spalax ehrenbergi, in Israel, were tested… 
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