Fig. 1: Phylogenetic relationships and social status of African mole-rats, the mouse and the hottentot golden mole. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Phylogenetic relationships and social status of African mole-rats, the mouse and the hottentot golden mole.

From: Naked mole-rats have distinctive cardiometabolic and genetic adaptations to their underground low-oxygen lifestyles

Fig. 1

A Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) from the captive colonies at Queen Mary University of London. B Simplified molecular phylogeny for the African mole-rats indicating main clades/genera and species sampled in this study, together with the mouse Mus and the hottentot golden mole, Amblysomus hottentotus. Mole-rat phylogenetic relationships are based on mitochondrial 12 S rRNA and cytochrome-b sequence data, and analysis of 3999 nuclear genes. Numbers on internal nodes represent approximate divergence times in millions of years ago (myr)10. C Social lifestyles, mean and maximum social groups sizes, and mean biomass of animals per burrow as indicated2,3,4,5,6,7.

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