Gene losses may contribute to subterranean adaptations in naked mole-rat and blind mole-rat.

Zhizhong ZhengRong HuaGuoqiang XuHui YangPeng Shi

Published in: BMC biology (2022)

Our study provides new insights into the molecular underpinnings of subterranean adaptations and highlights the importance of gene losses in mammalian evolution.

Keyphrases

copy number
genome wide
oxidative stress
high intensity
genome wide identification
dna methylation
single molecule
genome wide analysis