A pattern in which nucleotide transitions are favored several fold over transversions is
common in molecular evolution. When this pattern occurs among amino acid replacements, …

Recent molecular studies have concluded that the genus Myospalax evolved from within
the rodent subfamily Cricetinae. This conclusion was tested using the complete sequences …

Aim Comprehensive, global information on species' occurrences is an essential biodiversity
variable and central to a range of applications in ecology, evolution, biogeography and …

The chipmunks are a Holarctic group of ground squirrels currently allocated to the genus
Tamias within the tribe Marmotini (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Cranial, postcranial, and genital …

Genes for receptors and ligands must coevolve to maintain coordinated gene expression
and binding affinities. Researchers have debated whether anandamide or 2-arachidonyl …

Tropical West Africa has a high diversity of bats, which are relatively poorly studied. In this
baseline biodiversity assessment of bats in the Simandou Mountain Range of southeastern …

The zebrafish has served as a model organism for developmental biology. Sequencing its
genome has expanded zebrafish research into physiology and drug-development testing. …

The rediscovery of Calomyscus hotsoni in Pakistan is reported. This species had previously
been known from a series of specimens taken at the type locality in southwestern Pakistan in …

Collared lemmings (genus D icrostonyx) are circumpolar A rctic arvicoline rodents associated
with tundra. However, during the last glacial maximum ( LGM ), D icrostonyx lived along …

In 2006, an inventory of small mammals was conducted on the upper Seli River in central
Sierra Leone on the southwestern fringe of the Loma-Man portion of the Guinea Highlands as …