Small mammals are important reservoirs of multiple pathogens transmittable to humans. Rodent populations highly dynamic, passing through multiannual cycles with densities changing in several orders magnitude. Such variable pools hosts shape the intensity pathogen spread among animals and risks spillover We describe such dynamic system within a sample set 13 small mammal species six potentially ...

In this study, the aim was to investigate the anatomy of the aortic arch arteries in mole-rats (Spalax leucodon). Six adult mole-rats were used for this purpose. Coloured latex was injected into the left ventriculus of the hearts of all animals. The materials were carefully dissected and the arterial patterns of arteries originating from the aortic arch were examined. The brachiocephalic trunk,...

Y chromosome variation is determined by several confounding factors including mutation rate, effective population size, demography, and selection. Disentangling these factors is essential to better understand the evolutionary properties of the Y chromosome. We analyzed genetic variation on the Y chromosome, X chromosome, and mtDNA of the greater white-toothed shrew, a species with low variance ...