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While naked moles - rats are extreme in many aspects of their biology, we predicted that we would see similar molecular adaptations in the HAS2 gene in other mole - rats and subterranean mammals, yet they remain unique even among other mole - rats within the family.»
Not exact matches
The researchers also found that contact inhibition in
naked mole rats is controlled by two genes, p16 and p27,
while in humans it is primarily controlled by p27.
They found that
while all African
mole rats share some mutations in the HAS2 gene, the
naked mole - rat has a unique combination.
The lifespan of
naked mole rats is 10 - 30 years,
while its cousins - rat and mice - can live only up to 4 years, and are very prone to tumors.
If we can learn how to harness the glucose process that
naked mole rats use, we can help buy victims time
while they're oxygen - deprived and get them to a hospital.