From rabbit antibody repertoires to rabbit monoclonal antibodies

J Weber, H Peng, C Rader - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
In this review, we explain why and how rabbit monoclonal antibodies have become
outstanding reagents for laboratory research and increasingly for diagnostic and therapeutic …

An overview of the lagomorph immune system and its genetic diversity

A Pinheiro, F Neves, A Lemos de Matos, J Abrantes… - Immunogenetics, 2016 - Springer
Our knowledge of the lagomorph immune system remains largely based upon studies of the
European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), a major model for studies of immunology. Two …

[BOG][B] Lagomorphs: pikas, rabbits, and hares of the world

AT Smith, CH Johnston, PC Alves, K Hackländer - 2018 - books.google.com
The definitive guide to all lagomorphs—pikas, rabbits, and hares. Numbering 92 species
worldwide, members of the order Lagomorpha are familiar to people throughout the world …

Out of Tibet: genomic perspectives on the evolutionary history of extant pikas

XY Wang, D Liang, W **, MK Tang… - Molecular Biology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Pikas are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere and are highly adapted to cold and
alpine environments. They are one of the most complex and problematic groups in …

Molecular time estimates for the Lagomorpha diversification

L Iraçabal, MR Barbosa, AP Selvatti, CAM Russo - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Despite their importance as members of the Glires group, lagomorph diversification
processes have seldom been studied using molecular data. Notably, only a few …

[HTML][HTML] Genomics and morphometrics reveal the adaptive evolution of pikas

RX Tang, J Wang, YF Li, CR Zhou, GL Meng… - Zoological …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Pikas (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) are small mouse-like lagomorphs. To investigate
their adaptation to different ecological environments during their dispersal from the Qinghai …

Multilocus approaches reveal underestimated species diversity and inter-specific gene flow in pikas (Ochotona) from southwestern China

NP Koju, K He, MK Chalise, C Ray, Z Chen… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2017 - Elsevier
The phylogeny of living pikas (Ochotonidae, Ochotona) remains obscure, and pika species
diversity in southwestern China has never been well explored. In this study, 96 tissue …

Transcriptome analysis of pika heart tissue reveals mechanisms underlying the adaptation of a keystone species on the roof of the world

D Mu, X Wu, A Feijó, W Wu, Z Wen, J Cheng… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
High-altitude environments impose intense stresses on living organisms and drive striking
phenotypic and genetic adaptations, such as hypoxia resistance, cold tolerance, and …

Convergent loss of the necroptosis pathway in disparate mammalian lineages shapes viruses countermeasures

A Águeda-Pinto, LQ Alves, F Neves… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Programmed cell death is a vital process in the life cycle of organisms. Necroptosis, an
evolutionary form of programmed necrosis, contributes to the innate immune response by …

The pikas of China: a review of current research priorities and challenges for conservation

JP Lambert, X Zhang, K Shi, P Riordan - Integrative Zoology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Of the approximately 30 extant species of pika (Ochotona; Ochotonidae; Lagomorpha), at
least 23 occur in China. Of these, 8 are endemic, and 3 are classified as Endangered by the …