Rodentia - Classification
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sin nombre virus and rodent species diversity: a test of the dilution and amplification hypotheses.

29 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Species diversity is proposed to greatly impact the prevalence of pathogens. Two predominant hypotheses, the "Dilution Effect" and the "Amplification Effect", predict divergent outcomes with respect to the impact of species diversity. ... Read more...

Vertebrate range sizes indicate that mountains may be 'higher' in the tropics.

4 Apr 2009 In 1967, Daniel Janzen proposed the influential, but largely untested hypothesis, that tropical mountain passes are physiologically higher than temperate mountains. I test his key prediction, the one upon which all the others rely: namely, that ... Read more...

Rodent phylogeny revised: analysis of six nuclear genes from all major rodent clades.

31 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: Rodentia is the most diverse order of placental mammals, with extant rodent species representing about half of all placental diversity. In spite of many morphological and molecular studies, the family-level relationships among rodents ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Rodentia - Classification'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sin nombre virus and rodent species diversity: a test of the dilution and amplification hypotheses. 29 Jul 2009
• Vertebrate range sizes indicate that mountains may be 'higher' in the tropics. 4 Apr 2009
• Rodent phylogeny revised: analysis of six nuclear genes from all major rodent clades. 31 Mar 2009
• Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic reconsideration of the subfamily Zapodinae (Rodentia: Dipodidae), with an emphasis on Chinese species. 17 Mar 2009
• Comparison of small mammal prevalence of Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana in five foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the State of Campeche, Mexico. 27 Feb 2009
• Rodents as shared indicators for zoonotic parasites of carnivores in urban environments. 19 Jan 2009
• An expanded clade of rodent Trim5 genes. 13 Jan 2009
• Karyotypic and molecular polymorphisms in Ctenomys torquatus (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): taxonomic considerations. 30 Dec 2008
• Suprafamilial relationships among Rodentia and the phylogenetic effect of removing fast-evolving nucleotides in mitochondrial, exon and intron fragments. 24 Nov 2008
• Barn owl (Tyto alba) predation on small mammals and its role in the control of hantavirus natural reservoirs in a periurban area in southeastern Brazil. 30 Oct 2008
• [Evaluation of the gene encoding translation termination factor eRF3 as a possible phylogenetic marker] 30 Oct 2008
• Hantavirus evolution in relation to its rodent and insectivore hosts: no evidence for codivergence. 12 Oct 2008
• A comparison of techniques for assessing dispersal behaviour in gundis: revealing dispersal patterns in the absence of observed dispersal behaviour. 30 Jul 2008
• Improved recruitment of a lemur-dispersed tree in Malagasy dry forests after the demise of vertebrates in forest fragments. 2 Jun 2008
• Codivergence in heteromyid rodents (Rodentia: heteromyidae) and their sucking lice of the genus Fahrenholzia (Phthiraptera: anoplura). 30 May 2008
• Rodents. 18 May 2008
• The evolution of ecomorphological traits within the Abrothrichini (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): a Bayesian phylogenetics approach. 12 May 2008
• [Detection of a new natural virus focus Dobrava in the Astrakhan Region] 28 Feb 2008
• Genetic analysis of hantaviruses carried by Myodes and Microtus rodents in Buryatia. 9 Jan 2008
• [An attempt to determine intermediate hosts of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis in Poland] 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Rodentia'

Definition: A mammalian order which consists of 29 families and many genera.

Descriptor UI: D012377

Alternative terms: Rodentia; Rodentias; Rodents; Rodent; Castor Beaver; Beavers; Beaver; Jerboas; Jerboa; Dipodidae; Capybaras; Capybara; Hydrochaeris; Hydrochaeri;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; embryology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; psychology; surgery; urine; virology;

Tree Number: B01.150.900.649.865;

History Note: 1982; use RODENTS 1963-1981

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics