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ArticleEcology and evolution2024

New insights into morphological adaptation in common mole-rats (

Hana N Merchant, Steven J Portugal, Nigel C Bennett, Andries K Janse van Vuuren, Chris G Faulkes, James Bowen, Daniel W Hart

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hana N MerchantDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Life and Environmental Sciences Royal Holloway University of London Egham, Surrey UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1373-8808
Steven J PortugalDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Life and Environmental Sciences Royal Holloway University of London Egham, Surrey UK.
Nigel C BennettDepartment of Zoology and Entomology University of Pretoria Pretoria Gauteng South Africa.
Andries K Janse van VuurenDepartment of Zoology and Entomology University of Pretoria Pretoria Gauteng South Africa.
Chris G FaulkesSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences Queen Mary University of London London UK.
James BowenFaculty of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Open University Milton Keynes UK.
Daniel W HartDepartment of Zoology and Entomology University of Pretoria Pretoria Gauteng South Africa.
University of Pretoria · ZAQueen Mary University of London · GBRoyal Holloway University of London · GBThe Open University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Morphological adaptation is the change in the form of an organism that benefits the individual in its current habitat. Mole-rats (family Bathyergidae), despite being subterranean, are impacted by both local and broad-scale environmental conditions that occur above ground. Common mole-rats (

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evolutiongeometric morphometricslocal adaptationshape analysis

Identifiers

PMID38651162
PMCPMC11033624
OpenAlexW4395013936

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