... use different molecular mechanisms to tolerate severe hypoxia. Hypoxia tolerance Protein oxidation DNA damage HIF-1α miRNA Bathyergidae Metabolism in the adult brain is almost completely aerobic and the brain receives a large percentage of bodily oxygen from the blood supply (∼12...

...://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: During digging, mole-rats anchor their upper incisors in the soil while the lower incisors are lifted through the soil. A quick, nose-down rotation of the head finishes an excavation cycle. Rodentia Bathyergidae Teeth Incisors Biomechanics Many...

... of the remarkable consistency between experiments, it is generally believed that this directional preference is innate. To test the hypothesis that spontaneous southeastern directional preference is a shared, ancestral feature of all African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia), we employed the same arena assay...

... The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 magnetic compass orientation sensory transduction mole-rat cornea magnetite Bathyergidae Magnetic compass orientation has been demonstrated in a number of vertebrate model groups including salmonids, newts, sea turtles, birds and rodents...