The hypoxia tolerance of eight related African mole-rat species rivals that of naked mole-rats, despite divergent ventilatory and metabolic strategies in severe hypoxia.
Catherine M IvyRyan J SprengerNigel C BennettBarry van JaarsveldDaniel W HartAlexia M KirbyDadmehr YaghoubiKenneth B StoreyWilliam K MilsomMatthew E PamenterPublished in: Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) (2020)
Our data suggest that, while the NMR is unique in the pattern of their physiological response to hypoxia, eight closely related mole-rat species share the ability to tolerate hypoxia like the current "hypoxia-tolerant champion," the NMR.