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Isolation, identification, and induced differentiation of satellite cells from skeletal muscle of adult tree shrews
A method for the in vitro isolation, purification, identification, and induced differentiation of satellite cells from adult tree shrew skeletal...
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Ecology and Behavior of the Slender-Tailed Tree Shrew (Dendrogale murina, Scandentia)
AbstractThe main features of the ecology and behavior of the slender-tailed tree shrew based on observations in southern Vietnam at Cat Tien National...
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Comparing the hippocampal miRNA expression profiles of wild and domesticated Chinese tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri chinensis)
BackgroundThe domestication of tree shrews represents an important advance in the development of standardized laboratory animals. Little is known...
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Epidemiology of Group A rotavirus in rodents and shrews in Bangladesh
Rodents and shrews live in close proximity to humans and have been identified as important hosts of zoonotic pathogens. This study aimed to detect...
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Incrimination of shrews as a reservoir for Powassan virus
Powassan virus lineage 2 (deer tick virus) is an emergent threat to American public health, causing severe neurologic disease. Its life cycle in...
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Ophthalmology of Eulipotyphla: Moles, Shrews, Hedgehogs, and Relatives
Eulipotyphla is one of the newest orders of animals of the Mammalia class with some of the oldest and most primitive placental mammals. This order...
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Aspects of tree shrew consolidated sleep structure resemble human sleep
Understanding human sleep requires appropriate animal models. Sleep has been extensively studied in rodents, although rodent sleep differs...
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Response of the gut microbiota during the Clostridioides difficile infection in tree shrews mimics those in humans
BackgroundClostridioides difficile is a major cause of antibiotic associated diarrhea. Several animal models are used to study C. difficile ...
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Whole mitogenomes of Turkish white-toothed shrews, genus Crocidura (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae), with new insights into the phylogenetic positions of Crocidura leucodon and the Crocidura suaveolens group
Crocidura , white-toothed shrews, is the most species rich genus among mammals. Phylogeny at the species-level is still unresolved, especially for...
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Small mammal granivory as a biotic filter for tree establishment beyond elevation range boundaries
Trees often experience migration lags in their response to rapidly changing climate. Preferential granivory by nocturnal small mammals has the...
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Phylogeography of the White-Toothed Shrews Crocidura suaveolens and Crocidura sibirica: Searching for the Geographical Homeland
AbstractWe studied the polymorphism of the cytb gene in two forms of the Lesser White-toothed Shrew species complex: Crocidura suaveolens s. stricto...
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Identification of SEC14 like lipid binding 2(SEC14L2) sequence and expression profiles in the Chinese tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis)
BackgroundThe product of the SEC 14 L 2 ( SEC 14 Like Lipid Binding 2) gene belongs to a family of lipid-binding proteins including Sec14p,...
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Population dynamics of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) in Central European forest clearings
The population dynamics of shrews (Soricidae) are not well known even though they form an important part of forest ecosystems and represent suitable...
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Heat tolerance and evaporative cooling capacity in an arid-zone elephant shrew
Endotherms vary widely in their capacity to defend sublethal body temperature ( T b ) during acute heat exposure. Interspecific variation in the upper...
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Can Recombinant Tree Shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) Chymosin Coagulate Cow (Bos taurus) Milk?
AbstractGenetically engineered chymosin from the tree shrew ( Tupaia belangeri chinensis ) has been obtained and partially characterized for the first...
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Molecular cloning and characterization of NPC1L1 in the Chinese tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis)
BackgroundThe Niemann-Pick C1-Like 1 protein, a multi-transmembrane domain molecule, is critical for intestinal cholesterol absorption, and is the...
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Phylogenomics reveals the origin of mammal lice out of Afrotheria
Mammals host a wide diversity of parasites. Lice, comprising more than 5,000 species, are one group of ectoparasites whose major lineages have a...
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Afromontane mosaic vegetation acts as a barrier between small mammals from two savannah biomes in northern Ethiopia
Despite its biogeographical uniqueness, where two vast savanna regions are separated by the Afromontane mosaic vegetation, there is a significant...
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Rapid size change associated with intra-island evolutionary radiation in extinct Caribbean “island-shrews”
BackgroundThe Caribbean offers a unique opportunity to study evolutionary dynamics in insular mammals. However, the recent extinction of most...
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Multilocus Analysis of Phylogenetic Relationships in the Crocidura suaveolens Sensu Lato Species Complex: A Comparison with Mitochondrial Data
AbstractMultilocus analysis was for the first time used to study the phylogeny of the Crocidura suaveolens s. l. species complex. Sequencing data...
