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An orobasal organ was found in members of the suborders Sciuromorpha, Myomorpha, Anomaluromorpha and Hystricomorpha (Figure 3). Unfortunately, no member of the suborder Castorimorpha was investigated, ...
eLife Assessment This important study provides compelling evidence for the evolutionary diversification and conserved NFκB-inducing function of RHIM-containing RIP kinase proteins across animal ...
For example, we confirmed the loss of CASP10 in some rodents [27], revealing that suborder Myomorpha (“mouse-like”) and Castorimorpha (“beaver-like”) rodents have lost CASP10, whereas Sciuromorpha ...
We here employ motion analysis (kinematics and dynamics) on simulated arboreal supports of Swinhoe’s striped squirrels (Tamiops swinhoei, Sciuromorpha, Rodentia), a viable modern analog for the ...
Object Details Collector T. L. Best Record Last Modified 17 Dec 2019 Specimen Count 1 Collection Date 23 Sep 1969 Accession Number 000000 Other Numbers Mammals Field Number : 2945 USNM Number 512942 ...
Sciuromorpha (including sciurids, mountain beaver and dormice), Myomorpha (muroids, jerboas and jumping mice) and Hystricomorpha (gundis, porcupines and caviamorphs) have all received good support ...