The hypoxia adaptation of small mammals to plateau and underground burrow conditions

M Li, D Pan, H Sun, L Zhang, H Cheng… - Animal Models and …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen is one of the important substances for the survival of most life systems on the earth,
and plateau and underground burrow systems are two typical hypoxic environments. Small …

Vocal complexity and sociality in spotted paca (Cuniculus paca)

SGC Lima, RS Sousa-Lima, RS Tokumaru… - PloS one, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
The evolution of sociality is related to many ecological factors that act on animals as
selective forces, thus driving the formation of groups. Group size will depend on the payoffs …

[HTML][HTML] Glutathione non-covalent binding sites on hemoglobin and major glutathionylation target betacys93 are conservative among both hypoxia-sensitive and …

AA Anashkina, SY Simonenko, YL Orlov… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Intracellular tripeptide glutathione is an important agent of cell survival under hypoxia.
Glutathione covalently binds to SH groups of hemoglobin cysteine residues, protecting them …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the CYP2B subfamily gene in primates and its relationship to diet

P Feng, F Shu, S Wang, T Kan, X Liang… - Global Ecology and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Herbivores rely heavily on liver enzymes to deal with plant secondary metabolites (PSMs)
due to their consumption on plant-based diets, but only a small amount of enzymes have …

Comparative molecular evolution of chitinases in ascomycota with emphasis on mycoparasitism lifestyle

C Wang, ZQ Zeng, WY Zhuang - Microbial Genomics, 2021‏ - microbiologyresearch.org
Chitinases are involved in multiple aspects of fungal life cycle, such as cell wall remodelling,
chitin degradation and mycoparasitism lifestyle. To improve our knowledge of the chitinase …

Comparative morphometric analysis of lungs of the semifossorial giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) and the subterranean Nigerian mole rat (Cryptomys foxi)

JN Maina, CO Igbokwe - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Lungs of the rodent species, the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) and the
Nigerian mole rat (Cryptomys foxi) were investigated. Significant morphometric differences …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of hemoglobin genes in a subterranean rodent species (Lasiopodomys mandarinus)

H Sun, K Ye, D Liu, D Pan, S Gu, Z Wang - Biology, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The Mandarin vole (Lasiopodomys mandarinus), a typical subterranean rodent, has
undergone hematological adaptations to tolerate the hypoxic/hypercapnic underground …

3-Iodothyronamine Affects Thermogenic Substrates' Mobilization in Brown Adipocytes

M Gencarelli, A Laurino, E Landucci, D Buonvicino… - Biology, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
We investigated the effect of 3-iodothyronamine (T1AM) on thermogenic substrates in brown
adipocytes (BAs). BAs isolated from the stromal fraction of rat brown adipose tissue were …

[كتاب][B] Primates, poison, and cytochrome P450: Evolutionary dynamism of the CYP1-3 gene families within the primate order

ME Chaney - 2023‏ - search.proquest.com
Primates exhibit a high degree of among-species dietary diversity, which likely exposes
them to varying levels of xenobiotic compounds. Many compounds in this category are …

Predicted structural differences of four fertility‐related Y‐chromosome proteins in Macaca mulatta, M. fascicularis, and their Indochinese hybrids

CA Ruiz, ME Chaney, M Imamura… - Proteins: Structure …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Species in the genus Macaca typically live in multimale‐multifemale social groups with male
macaques exhibiting some of the largest testis: body weight ratios among primates. Males …