Burrow characteristics of the co-existing sibling species Mus booduga and Mus terricolor and the genetic basis of adaptation to hypoxic/hypercapnic stress |
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| Authors: | Sunita Singh Nge Cheong Gopeshwar Narayan and T Sharma |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India;(2) Bioprocessing Technology Centre, Clinical Research Centre, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119 260, Singapore;(3) Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India;(4) Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India |
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| Abstract: | Background The co-existing, sibling species Mus booduga and Mus terricolor show a difference in site-preference for burrows. The former build them in flat portion of the fields while the latter make
burrows in earthen mounds raised for holding water in cultivated fields. In northern India which experiences great variation
in climatic condition between summer and winter, M. booduga burrows have an average depth of 41 cm, as against 30 cm in southern India with less climatic fluctuation. |
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