Mole rats

1961

  1. 1.    (9) Nevo, E. 1961. Observations on Israeli populations of the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi Nehring 1898. Mammalia 25:127-144.

 

1969

  1. 2.    (20) Nevo, E. 1969. Mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi: mating behavior and its evolutionary significance. Science 163:484-486.
  2. 3.    (21) Wahrman, J., R. Goitein and E. Nevo. 1969. Mole rat Spalax: evolutionary significance of chromosome variation. Science 164:82-84.
  3. 4.    (22) Wahrman, J., R. Goitein and E. Nevo. 1969. Geographic variation of chromosome forms in Spalax, a subterranean mammal of restricted mobility. In: Comparative Mammalian Cytogenetics. K. Benirschke (ed.). Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 30-48.
  4. 5.    (23) Costa, M. and E. Nevo. 1969. Nidicolous arthropods associated with different chromosomal types of Spalax ehrenbergi Nehring. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 48:199-215.
  5. 6.    (24) Nevo, E. 1969. Mole rat Spalax: a model of prolific speciation. In: NATO Advanced Study Institute Vertebrate Evolution: Mechanism and Process. Proc. of Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, August 4-15, 1969, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, pp. 1-2.
  6. 7.    (32) Wahrman, J., R. Goitein and E. Nevo. 1969. Geographic variation of chromosome forms in Spalax, a subterranean rodent of restricted mobility. La Kromosomo 75:2442-2443.

 

1971

  1. 8.    (35) Wertheim, G. and E. Nevo. 1971. Helminths of birds and mammals from Israel: III. Helminths from chromosomal forms of the mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi. J. Helminthology 45:161-169.

 

1972

  1. 9.    (39) Nevo, E. and C.R. Shaw. 1972. Genetic variation in a subterranean mammal, Spalax ehrenbergi. Biochem. Genet. 7:235-241.

 

 

 

1973

  1. 10.    (43) Thaeler, C. S. and E. Nevo. 1973. Cytotaxonomy and evolution of the Thomomys talpoides complex of pocket gophers from the southern Rocky Mountains. (Abstract). 1st Intern. Congress Syst. and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, Colorado, August, 1973
  2. 11.    (46) Nevo, E., R.R. Capranica and A.J.M. Moffat. 1973. Vocal repertoire of a subterranean rodent (Spalax). (Abstract). Annual Meeting, Acoust. Soc. America, Los Angeles, CA, October, 1973.
  3. 12.    (48) Nevo, E. 1973. Variation and evolution in the subterranean mole rat, Spalax. Isr. J. Zool. 22:207-208.

 

1974

  1. 13.    (49) Nevo, E., Y.J. Kim, C.R. Shaw and C.S. Thaeler, Jr. 1974. Genetic variation, selection and speciation in Thomomys talpoides pocket gophers. Evolution 28:1-23.
  2. 14.    (50) Nevo, E. and A. Shkolnik. 1974. Adaptive metabolic variation of chromosome forms in mole rats, Spalax. Experientia 30:724-726.
  3. 15.    (52) Nevo, E. and V. Sarich. 1974. Immunology and evolution in the mole rat, Spalax. Isr. J. Zool. 23:210-211.

 

1975

  1. 16.    (54) Nevo, E., G. Naftali and R. Guttman. 1975. Aggression patterns and speciation. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 72:3250-3254.
  2. 17.    (55) Guttman R., G. Naftali and E. Nevo. 1975. Aggression patterns in three chromosome forms of the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. Anim. Behav. 23:485-493.
  3. 18.    (56) Pevet, P., J.A. Kappers and E. Nevo. 1975. Etude ultrastructurale des pinealocytes de deux mammiferes souterrains aveugles, la taupe (Talpa europaea, Insectivore) et le spalax (Spalax ehrenbergi, Rongeur): importance des syntheses proteiques. J. Physiologie 76:6B.

 

1976

  1. 19.    (65) Pevet, P., J.A. Kappers and E. Nevo. 1976. The pineal gland of the mole-rat (Spalax ehrenbergi, Nehring). Cell Tiss. Res. 174:1-24.
  2. 20.    (68) Nevo, E. and H. Bar-El. 1976. Hybridization and speciation in fossorial mole rats. Evolution 30:831-840.
  3. 21.    (69) Nevo, E., M. Bodmer and G. Heth. 1976. Olfactory discrimination as an isolating mechanism in speciating mole rats. Experientia 32:1511-1512.
  4. 22.    (70) Nevo, E. and G. Heth. 1976. Assortative mating between chromosome forms of the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. Experientia 32:1509-1510.

 

1978

  1. 23.    (77) Nevo, E. 1978. Genetic variation in natural populations: patterns and theory. Theor. Pop. Biol. 13:121-177.
  2. 24.    (78) Nevo, E. and H. Cleve. 1978. Genetic differentiation during speciation. Nature 275:125-126.
  3. 25.    (83) Nevo, E. 1978. The diet of fossorial mole rats, Spalax, in nature and laboratory. In: Handbook of Nutrition and Food. M. Recheigl (ed.). CSR Press, Cleveland, Ohio.

 

1979

  1. 26.    (86) Nevo, E. 1979. Adaptive convergence and divergence of subterranean mammals. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 10:269-308.
  2. 27.    (95) Nevo, E., R. Guttman, M. Haber and E. Erez. 1979. Habitat selection in evolving mole rats. Oecologia 43:125-138.

 

1980

  1. 28.    (100) Balemans, M.G.M., P. Pevet, W. C. Legerstee and E. Nevo. 1980. Preliminary investigations on melatonin and 5-methoxytryptophol synthesis in pineal, retina, and harderian gland of the mole rat and in the pineal of the mouse “eyeless”. J. Neural Transmission 49:247-255.

 

1981

  1. 29.    (107) Heth, G. and E. Nevo. 1981. Origin and evolution of ethological isolation in subterranean mole rats. Evolution 35:259-274.
  2. 30.    (112) Nevo, E. 1981. Evolution of subterranean mammals. Isr. J. Zool. 29:196-197.

 

1982

  1. 31.    (115) Nevo, E., R. Guttman, M. Haber and E. Erez. 1982. Activity patterns of evolving mole rats. J. Mamm. 63:453-463.
  2. 32.    (118) Nevo, E., G. Heth and A. Beiles. 1982. Differential survivorship of evolving chromosomal species of mole rats, Spalax: an unplanned laboratory experiment. Evolution 36:1315-1317.
  3. 33.    (119) Nevo, E., G. Heth and A. Beiles. 1982. Population structure and evolution in subterranean mole rats. Evolution 36:1283-1289.
  4. 34.    (120) Nevo, E. 1982. Speciation in subterranean mammals. In: Mechanisms of Speciation. C. Barigozzi (ed.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, pp. 191-218.
  5. 35.    (121) Nevo, E. 1982. Genetic structure and differentiation during speciation in fossorial gerbil rodents. Mammalia 46:523-530.

 

1983

  1. 36.    (127) Nevo, E. 1983. Population genetics and ecology: the interface. In: Evolution from Molecules to Men. D.S. Bendall (ed.). Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, England, pp. 287-321.
  2. 37.    (130) Nevo, E. 1983. Adaptive significance of protein variation. In: Systematic Association Special Volume No. 24, Protein Polymorphism: Adaptive and Taxonomic Significance. G.S. Oxford and D. Rollinson (eds.). Academic Press, New York, pp. 239-282.
  3. 38.    (132) Haim, A., G. Heth, H. Pratt and E. Nevo. 1983. Photoperiodic effects on thermoregulation in a “blind” subterranean mammal. J. Exp. Biol. 107:59-64.
  4. 39.    (135) Hickman, G.C., E. Nevo and G. Heth. 1983. Geographic variation in the swimming ability of Spalax ehrenbergi (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Israel. J. Biogeogr. 10:29-36.

1984

  1. 40.    (143) Nevo, E., A. Beiles and R. Ben-Shlomo. 1984. The evolutionary significance of genetic diversity: ecological, demographic and life history correlates. In: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, S. Levin (mang. ed.), Vol. 53: “Evolutionary Dynamics of Genetic Diversity,” G.S. Mani (ed.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 13-213.
  2. 41.    (144) Haim, A., G. Heth, Z. Avnon and E. Nevo. 1984. Adaptive physiological variation in nonshivering thermogenesis and its significnce in speciation. J. Comp. Physiol. B 154:145-147.
  3. 42.    (146) Nevo, E. 1984. The mole rat: a dynamic model of speciation. Re’em J. Isr. Mamm. Infor. Cent. 1(3):14-20 (in Hebrew).
  4. 43.    (147) Arieli, R., M. Arieli, G. Heth and E. Nevo. 1984. Adaptive respiratory variation in four chromosomal species of mole rats. Experientia 40:512-514.
  5. 44.    (150) Kleinschmidt, T., E. Nevo and G. Braunitzer. 1984. The primary structure of the hemoglobin of the mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi, Rodentia, Chromosome species 60). Hoppe-Seyler’s Z. Physiol. Chem. 365:531-537.
  6. 45.    (151) Redi, C.A., S. Garagna, E. Nevo and G. Heth. 1984. Variabilita cariotipica e spermatogenesi in Spalax ehrenbergi (Nehring). Boll. Zool. 51 (suppl. 1984):93.
  7. 46.    (152) Nizetic, D., F. Figueroa, H.J. Muller, B. Arden, E. Nevo and J. Klein. 1984. Major histocompatibility complex of the mole-rat. I. Serological and biochemical analysis. Immungenetics 20: 443-451.
  8. 47.    (153) Beiles, A., G. Heth and E. Nevo. 1984. Origin and evolution of assortative mating in actively speciating mole rats. Theor. Pop. Biol. 26:265-270.
  9. 48.    (159) Pevet, P., G. Heth, A. Haim and E. Nevo. 1984. Photoperiod perception in the blind mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi, Nehring): involvement of the harderian gland, atrophied eyes and melatonin. J. Exp. Zool. 232:41-50.
  10. 49.    (160) Gurnett, A.M., J. P. O’Connell, D. E. Harris, H. Lehmann, K.A. Joysey and E. Nevo. 1984. The myoglobin of rodents: Lagostomus maximus (viscacha) and Spalax ehrenbergi (mole rat). J. Prot. Chem. 3:445-454.

 

1985

  1. 50.    (162) Haim, A., G. Heth, E. Nevo, N. Gruener and T. Goldstein. 1985. Urine analysis of three rodent species with emphasis on calcium and magnesium bicarbonate. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 80A:503-506.
  2. 51.    (163) Haim, A., G. Heth and E. Nevo. 1985. Adaptive thermoregulatory patterns in speciating mole rats. Acta Zool. Fennica 170:137-140.
  3. 52.    (164) Nevo, E. 1985. Ecological and populational correlates of allozyme polymorphisms in mammals. Acta Zool. Fennica 170:25-29.
  4. 53.    (166) Nevo, E. 1985. Speciation in action and adaptation in subterranean mole rats: patterns and theory. Boll. Zool. 52:65-95.
  5. 54.    (168) Wahrman, J., C. Richler, R. Gamperl and E. Nevo. 1985. Revisiting Spalax: mitotic and meiotic chromosome variability. Isr. J. Zool. 33:15-38.
  6. 55.    (169) Nizetic, D., F. Figueroa, E. Nevo and J. Klein. 1985. Major histocompatibility complex of the mole-rat. II. Restriction fragment polymorphism. Immunogenetics 22:55-67.
  7. 56.    (170) Quax-Jeuken, Y., S. Bruisten, H. Bloemendal, W.W. de Jong and E. Nevo. 1985. Evolution of crystallins: expression of lens-specific proteins in the blind mammals mole (Talpa europaea) and mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi). Mol. Biol. Evol. 2:279-285.
  8. 57.    (171) Nevo, E., A. Beiles and R. Ben-Shlomo. 1985. Genetic diversity and differentiation in mammals. In: Abstracts 4th Int. Ther. Congress, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August, 1985, Abstract No. 0459, Session 506.
  9. 58.    (172) Nevo, E., M. Corti, R. Ben-Shlomo, A. Beiles, J.U.M. Jarvis and G.C. Hickman. 1985. Karyotype and allozyme differentiation in the endemic subterranean mole rats of Africa, the Bathyergidae. In: Abstracts 4th Int. Ther. Congress, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August, 1985, Abstract No. 0460, Session S26.
  10. 59.    (173) Nevo, E., G. Heth and A. Beiles. 1985. Variation and evolution of aggression in subterranean mammals of the superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi in Israel. In: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Conflict and Appeasement in Animals and Man, 3rd European Conference of Int. Soc. for Research on Aggression, Parma, Italy, August, 1985, p. 17.
  11. 60.    (174) Nevo, E., A. Beiles and R. Ben-Shlomo. 1985. Chromosomal and genic diversities in the evolution of species. In: Abstract 3rd Inter. Cngress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, Brighton, Sussex, England, July, 1985, p. 134.
  12. 61.    (177) Rittenhouse, J., E. Nevo and F. Marcus. 1985. Distribution of a COOH-terminal amino acid extension of liver fructose-1,6-biphosphatase among rodent species. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 82B:507-509.
  13. 62.    (180) Kleinschmidt, T., E. Nevo, M. Goodman and G. Braunitzer. 1985. Mole rat hemoglobin: primary structure and evolutionary aspects in a second karyotype of Spalax ehrenbergi, Rodentia, (2n=52). Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler 366:679-685.

 

1986

  1. 63.    (187) Nevo, E. 1986. Evolutionary behavior genetics in active speciation and adaptation of fossorial mole rats. In: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Vol. 259, Proceedings of the International Meetings on Variability and Behavioral Evolution, Rome, 23-26 November, 1983. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, pp. 39-109.
  2. 64.    (190) Nevo, E., E. Capanna, M. Corti, J.U.M. Jarvis and G.C Hickman. 1986. Karyotype differentiation in the endemic subterranean mole rats of South Africa (Rodentia, Bathyergidae). Z. Saugetierkunde 51:36-49.
  3. 65.    (191) Arieli, R., G. Heth, E. Nevo, Y. Zamir and O. Neutra. 1986. Adaptive heart and breathing frequencies in four ecologically differentiating chromosomal species of mole rats in Israel. Experientia 42:131-133.
  4. 66.    (192) Nevo, E. 1986. Mechanisms of adaptive speciation at the molecular and organismal levels. In: Evolutionary Processes and Theory S. Karlin and E. Nevo (eds.), Academic Press, New York, pp. 439-474.
  5. 67.    (193) Arieli, R., G. Heth, E. Nevo and D. Hoch. 1986. Hematocrit and hemoglobin concentration in four chromosomal species and some isolated populations of actively speciating subterranean mole rats in Israel. Experientia 42:441-443.
  6. 68.    (194) Heth, G., P. Pevet, E. Nevo and A. Beiles. 1986. The effect of melatonin administration and short exposures to cold on body temperature of the blind subterranean mole rat (Rodentia, Spalax ehrenbergi, Nehring). J. Exp. Zool. 238:1-9.
  7. 69.    (196) Redi, C.A., S. Garagna, G. Heth and E. Nevo. 1986. Descriptive kinetics of spermatogenesis in four chromosomal species of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. J. Exp. Zool. 238:81-88.
  8. 70.    (199) Nevo, E., A. Beiles, G. Heth and S. Simson. 1986. Adaptive differentiation of body size in speciating mole rats. Oecologia 69:327-333.
  9. 71.    (200) Heth, G., E. Frankenberg and E. Nevo. 1986. Adaptive optimal sound for vocal communication in tunnels of a subterranean mammal (Spalax ehrenbergi). Experientia 42:1287-1289.
  10. 72.    (201) Capanna, E., G.C. Hickman, M.V. Civitelli and E. Nevo. 1986. The chromosomes of the African golden mole Amblysomus hottentotus (Insectivora, Chrysochloridae). In: Programme Abstracts, 9th Intl. Chromosome Conference, 18-21 June, 1986, Marseille, France, p. 32.
  11. 73.    (202) Nevo, E., G. Heth and A. Beiles. 1986. Aggression patterns in adaptation and speciation of subterranean mole rats. J. Genet. 65:65-78.
  12. 74.    (206) Nevo, E., M. Corti, G. Heth, A. Beiles and S. Simson. 1986. Chromosomal polymorphisms in the Spalax ehrenbergi complex and their evolutionary significance. (Abstract). Boll. Zool. 53:67.

 

1987

  1. 75.    (209) Heth, G., E. Nevo and A. Beiles. 1987. Adaptive exploratory behaviour: differential patterns in species and sexes of subterranean mole rats. Mammalia 51:27-37.
  2. 76.    (210) Heth, G., E. Frankenberg, A. Raz and E. Nevo. 1987. Vibrational communication in subterranean mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 21:31-33.
  3. 77.    (213) Nevo, E., G. Heth, A. Beiles and E. Frankenberg. 1987. Geographic dialects in blind mole rats: role of vocal communication in active speciation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84:3312-3315.
  4. 78.    (215) Nevo, E., R. Ben-Shlomo, A. Beiles, J.U.M. Jarvis and G.C. Hickman. 1987. Allozyme differentiation and systematics of the endemic subterranean mole rats of South Africa (Rodentia, Bathyergidae). Bioch. Syst. Ecol. 15:489-502.
  5. 79.    (220) Schoepfer, R., F. Figueroa, D. Nizetic, E. Nevo and J. Klein. 1987. Evolutionary diversification of class II P loci in the Mhc of the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. Mol. Biol. Evol. 4:287-299.
  6. 80.    (221) Flynn, L.J., E. Nevo and G. Heth. 1987. Incisor enamel microstructure in subterranean mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies): adaptive and phylogenetic significance. J. Mamm. 68:500-507.
  7. 81.    (223) Nizetic, D., F. Figueroa, Z. Dembic, E. Nevo and J. Klein. 1987. Mhc gene organization in the mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi: evidence for transfer of function between class II genes. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 84:5828-5832.
  8. 82.    (224) Hendriks, W., J. Leunissen, E. Nevo, H. Bloemendal and W.W. de Jong. 1987. The lens protein alpha-A crystallin in the blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi: evolutionary change and functional constraints. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84:5320-5324.
  9. 83.    (225) Vincek, V., D. Nizetic, M. Golubic, F. Figueroa, E. Nevo and J. Klein. 1987. Evolutionary expansion of Mhc class I genes in the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. Mol. Biol. Evol. 4:483-491.
  10. 84.    (227) H. Suzuki, K. Moriwaki and E. Nevo. 1987. Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) spacer polymorphism in mole rats. Mol. Biol. Evol. 4:602-610.

 

1988

  1. 85.    (229) Heth, G., A. Beiles and E. Nevo. 1988. Adaptive variation of pelage color within and between species of the subterranean mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi) in Israel. Oecologia 74:617-622.
  2. 86.    (231) Nevo, E., M. Corti, G. Heth, A. Beiles and S. Simson. 1988. Chromosomal polymorphisms in subterranean mole rats: origins and evolutionary significance, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 33:309-322.
  3. 87.    (232) Bruns, U., M. Muller, W. Hofer, G. Heth and E. Nevo. 1988. Inner ear structure and electrophysiological and audiograms of the subterranean mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi Hearing Res. 33:1-10.
  4. 88.    (233) Heth, G., E. Frankenberg and E. Nevo. 1988. “Courtship” call of subterranean mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi): physical analysis. J. Mamm. 69:121-125.
  5. 89.    (234) Honeycutt, L.R., V.S. Edwards, K. Nelson and E. Nevo. (1987). Mitochondrial DNA variation and the phylogeny of African mole rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Syst. Zool. 36:280-292.
  6. 90.    (235) Nevo, E. 1988. Natural selection in action: the interface of ecology and genetics in adaptation and speciation at the molecular and organismal levels. In: Zoogeography of Israel. E. Tchernov and Y. Yom-Tov (eds.) Dr. Junk Pub. Holland, 411-438.
  7. 91.    (236) Ben-Shlomo, R., F. Figueroa, J. Klein and E. Nevo. 1988. Mhc class II DNA polymorphisms within and between chromosomal species of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel, Genetics 119:141-149.
  8. 92.    (238) Nevo, E. and A. Beiles. 1988. Ribosomal DNA nontranscribed spacer polymorphism in subterranean mole rats: genetic differentiation, environmental correlates, and phylogenetic relationships. Evol. Ecol. 2:139-156.
  9. 93.    (242) Burda, H., E. Nevo and V. Bruns. 1988. Adaptive divergence of ear structures in Spalax ehrenbergi (Abstract). Detsch. Gesel. Saugetierk 62:9.
  10. 94.    (244) Auffray, J.C., E. Tchernov and E. Nevo. 1988. Origine du commensalisme de la souris domestique (Mus musculus domesticus) vis-a-via de l’homme. C.R. Acad. Sc. Paris III:517-522.
  11. 95.    (245) Nevo, E., E. Tchernov and A. Beiles. 1988. Morphometrics of speciating mole rats: adaptive differentiation in ecological speciation. Z. Zool. Syst. Evol. Forsch. 26:286-314.
  12. 96.    (246) Nevo, E., G. Heth, J.C. Auffray and A. Beiles. 1988. Preliminary studies of sex pheromones in the urine of actively speciating subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Phytoparasitica 15:163-164 (1987).
  13. 97.    (247) Nevo, E. and A. Beiles. 1988. Genetic parallelism of protein polymorphism in nature: ecological test of the neutral theory of molecular evolution. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 35:229-245.
  14. 98.    (249) Yahav, S., S. Simson and E. Nevo. 1988. Adaptive energy metabolism in four chromosomal species of subterranean mole rats. Oecologia 7:533-536.
  15. 99.    (250) Nevo, E., P. Pirlot and A. Beiles. 1988. Brain size diversity in adaptation and speciation of subterranean mole rats. Zool. Syst. Evol. Forsch. 26:467-479.

100.  (251) Edoute, Y., R. Arieli and E. Nevo. 1988. Evidence for improved myocardial oxygen delivery and function during hypoxia in the mole rat. J. Comp. Physiol. 158:575-582.

101.  (253) Filippucci, M.G., E. Rodino, E. Nevo and E. Capanna. 1988. Evolutionary genetics and systematics of the garden dormouse, Eliomys Wagner, 1840. 2 – Allozymic diversity and differentiation of chromosomal forms. Boll. Zool. 55:47-54.

102.  (254) Filippucci, M.G., S. Simson, E. Nevo and E. Capanna. 1988. The chromosomes of Israeli garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurus Wagner, 1840 (Rodentia, Gliridae). Boll. Zool. 53:31-33.

 

1989

103.  (255) Nevo, E., R. Ben-Shlomo and N. Maeda. 1989. Haptoglobin DNA polymorphism in subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi in Israel. Heredity 62:85-90.

104.  (257) Pirlot, P. and E. Nevo. 1989. Brain organization and evolution in subterranean mole rats. Zool. Syst. Evol. Forsch. 27:58-64.

105.  (258) Nevo, E. 1989. Modes of speciation: the nature and role of peripheral isolates in the origin of species. In: Genetics, Speciation and the Founder Principle L.V. Giddings, K.Y. Kaneshiro and W.W. Anderson (eds.). Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford. pp. 205-236.

106.  (260) Burda, H., V. Bruns and E. Nevo. 1989. Middle ear and cochlear receptors in the subterranean mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. Hearing Res. 39:225-230.

107.  (262) Nevo, E. 1989. Natural selection of body size differentiation in spiny mice, Acomys. Zeit. Saug. 52:81-99.

108.  (263) Schuller, C., B. Beuteboom, G. Wubbolts, J.J. Beintema and E. Nevo. 1989. The amino acid sequence of pancreatic ribonuclease from the mole rats Spalax ehrenbergi chromosomal species (2n=60). Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler 370:33-589.

109.  (264) Nevo, E., S. Simson, A. Beiles and S. Yahav. 1989. Adaptive variation in structure and function of kidneys of actively speciating mole rats. Oecologia 79:366-371.

110.  (266) Heth, G., E.M. Golenberg and E. Nevo. 1989. Foraging strategy of a subterranean rodent, Spalax ehrenbergi. Oecologia 79:496-505.

111.  (267) Nevo, E., M.G. Filippucci, S. Simson and G. Heth. 1989. Karyotype and allozyme differentiation in the Spalax leucodon superspecies from Turkey. 5th Int. Ther. Cong., Rome 22-29th August, 1989. Abstracts of Papers and Poster, p.26.

112.  (268) Yahav, S., S. Simson and E. Nevo. 1989. Total body water and adaptive water turnover rate in four chromosomal mole rat species of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. J. Zool. Lond. 218:461-469.

113.  (269) Nevo, E. and M. Piechaczyk. 1989. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase multigene family of mole rats: evolutionary and phylogenetic patterns. J. Mammalia 53:295-300.

114.  (270) Capanna, E., M.V. Civitelli, G.C. Hickman and E. Nevo. 1989. The chromosomes of Amblysomus hottentotus (Smith 1829) and A. Iris Thomas & Schwann 1905: a first report for the golden moles of Africa (Insectivora Chrysochloridae). Trop. Zool. 2:1-12.

115.  (271) Nevo, E. and A. Beiles. 1989. Sexual selection and natural selection in body size differentiation of subterranean molerats. Zool. Syst. Evol. Forsh. 27:263-269.

116.  (274) Catzeflis, F.M., E. Nevo, J.E. Ahlquist and C.G. Sibley. 1989. Relationships of the chromosomal species in the Eurasian mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi group as determined by DNA-DNA hybridization, and an estimate of the spalacid-murid divergence time. J. Mol. Evol. 29:223-232.

 

1990

117.  (278) Savic, I. and E. Nevo. 1990. The spalacidae: evolutionary history, speciation, and population biology. In: Evolution of Subterranean Mammals at the Organismal and Molecular levels E. Nevo and A.O. Reig (eds.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York. pp. 129-153.

118.  (279) Nevo, E., M.G. Filippucci and A. Beiles. 1990. Genetic diversity and its ecological correlates in nature: comparison between subtrerranean, fossorial and aboveground small mammals. In: Evolution of Subterranean Mammals at the Organismal and Molecular levels E. Nevo and A.O. Reig (eds.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York. pp. 347-366.

119.  (280) Jekel, P.A., C. Ciabatti, C. Schuller, J.J. Beintema and E. Nevo. 1990. Ribonuclease in different chromosomal species of the mole rats, superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi: concentration in the pancreas and primary structure. In: Evolution of Subterranean Mammals at the Organismal and Molecular levels. E. Nevo and A.O. Reig (eds.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York. pp. 367-381.

120.  (281) de Jong, W.W., W. Hendriks, S. Sanyal and E. Nevo. 1990. The eye of the blind mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi): regressive evolution at the molecular level. In: Evolution of Subterranean Mammals at the Organismal and Molecular levels E. Nevo and A.O. Reig (eds.). Alan R. Liss, nc., New York. pp. 383-395.

121.  (282) Nevo, E. and J. Klein. 1990. Structure and evolution of Mhc in subterranean mammals of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. In: Evolution of Subterranean Mammals at the Organismal and Molecular levels, E. Nevo and A.O. Reig (eds.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York pp. 397-411.

(282a) Nevo, E. and O.A. Reig (eds.). 1990. Evolution of subterranean mammals at the organismal and molecular levels. Wiley-Liss, New York.

122.  (283) Auffray J.C., E. Tchernov, F. Bonhomme, G. Heth, S. Simson and E. Nevo. 1990. Presence and ecological distribution of Mus “spretoides” and Mus musculus domesticus in Israel. Circum-Mediterranean vicariance in the genus Mus. Z. Saurgetierkunde 55:1-10.

123.  (288) Sanyal, S., H.G. Jansen, W.J. de Grip, E. Nevo and W.W. de Jong. 1990. The eye of the blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi Rudiment with hidden function? Invest. Ophtalmol. Vis. Sci. 31:1398-1404.

124.  (289) Nevo, E. 1990. Evolution of nonvisual communication and photoperiodic perception in speciation and adaptation of blind subterranean mole rats. Behaviour. 114:249-276.

125.  (290) Burda, H., E. Nevo and V. Bruns. 1990. Adaptive differentiation of ear structures in subterranean mole-rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Zool. Jb. Syst. 117:369-382.

126.  (292) Filippucci, M.G., S. Simson and E. Nevo. (1989). Evolutionary biology of the genus Apodemus Kaup, 1829 in Israel. Allozymic and biometric analyses with description of a new species: Apodemus hermonensis (Rodentia, Muridae). Boll. Zool. 56:361-376.

127.  (298) Nevo, E., K. Joh, K. Hori and A. Beiles. 1990. Aldolase DNA polymorphism in subterranean mole-rats: genetic differentiation and environmental correlates. Heredity 65:307-320.

128.  (299) Snipes, R.L., E. Nevo and H. Sust. Anatomy of the caecum of the Israeli mole-rat, Spalax ehrenbergi (Mammalia). Zool. Anz. 224:307-320.

129.  (300) Yahav, S., S. Simson and E. Nevo. 1990. The effect of protein and salt loading on urinary concentrating ability in four chromosomal species of Spalax ehrenbergi. J. Zool., Lond. 222:341-347.

130.  (301) Nevo, E., K. Kishi and A. Beiles. 1990. Genetic polymorphism of urine deoxyribonuclease-I isomerases of subterranean mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel:Ecogeographical patterns and correlates. Biochemical Genetics 28:1-11.

 

1991

131.  (302) Nevo, E. 1991. Evolutionary theory and processes of active speciation and adaptive radiation in subterranean mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Evol. Biol. 25:1-125.

132.  (303) Nevo, E. 1991. Evolution of vocal and vibrational communications in blind, photoperiod-perceptive, subterranean mole rats; Structure and function. In: Le Rongeur et L’Espace (The Rodent and its Environment), M. Le Berret and L. le Guelte, (eds.). Proceedings of the International Meeting, Lyon, 1989. pp. 15-34.

133.  (304) Nevo, E., G. Heth and H. Pratt. 1991. Seismic communication in a blind subterranean mammal: A major somatosensory mechanism in adaptive evolution underground. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:1256-1260.

134.  (306) Ravid, U., E. Putievsky, R. Ikan, V. Weinstein, B.J. Cowart, E. Nevo, and G. Heth. 1991. Chiral Monoterpenes and their olfactory properties. (Abstract). The Israel Chemical Society, 56th Annual Meeting, 11-12th February, 1991, Jerusalem. p. 118.

135.  (307) Heth, G., E. Nevo, R. Ikan, V. Weinsten, U. Ravid, and H. Duncan. 1991. Olfactory discrimination of enantiomeric compounds by blind subterranean mole rats Spalax ehrenbergi (Abstract). VI Symposium of chemical signals in vertebrates. Pennsylvania, June 1991.

136.  (308) Burda, H., S. Marhold, W. Wiltschko, A. Beiles, E. Nevo and S. Simson. 1991. Spontane magnetische richtungspraferenz bei blindmausen Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies (Rodentia, Mammalia). (Abstract). 84th annual session of the German Zool. Soc. 20-25.5.1991, Tubingen. Verh. Dtsch. Zool. Ges. 1991, 84.

137.  (311) Greenbaum, I.F., Hale, D.W., Sudman, P.D. and E. Nevo. 1991. Synaptonemal comple analysis of mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi): unusual polymorphisms of chromosome 1. Genome 33:898-902.

138.  (314) Simson, S., B. Lavie and E. Nevo. 1991. Interspecific variation in penial characters in the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies from Israel. Israel J. Zool. (Abstract). Proc. Zool. Soc. Israel. Tel- Aviv Univ. Tel-Aviv, Israel. Dec. 16-17, 1990. Isr. J. Zool. 37:168.

139.  (315) Ben-Shlomo, R. and E. Nevo. 1991. Myosin heavy chain DNA polymorphisms of subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. (Abstract). Proc. Zool. Soc. Israel.Tel-Aviv Univ. Israel. Dec. 16-17, 1990. Isr. J. Zool. 37:168.

140.  (316) Nevo, E. 1991. The subterranean mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies) in Israel as an evolutionary model of active speciation and adaptive radiation. (Abstract). Proc. Zool. Soc. Israel. Tel-Aviv Univ. Israel. Dec. 16-17, 1990. Isr. J. Zool. 37:174-175.

141.  (317) Burda, H., A. Beiles, H. Marhold, S. Simson, E. Nevo and W. Wiltschko. 1991. Magnetic orgientation in subterranean mole rats of the superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi: experiments, patterns and memory. (Abstract). Proc. Zool. Soc. Israel. Tel-Aviv Univ. Israel. Dec. 16-17, 1990. Isr. J. Zool. 37:182-184.

142.  (318) Shanas, U. L. Weissglas, G. Heth, E. Nevo, R. Shalgi and J. Terkel. 1991. Aspects of reproductive behaviour in the blind mole rat. (Abstract). Proc. Zool. Soc. Israel. Tel-Aviv Univ. Israel. Dec. 16-17, 1990. Isr. J. Zool.37:183-184.

143.  (321) Shanas, U., L. Weisglass, G. Heth, E. Nevo, R. Shalgi and J. Terkel. 1991. Seasonal variation in ovary function in the blind mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi). (Abstract in Hebrew). Annual Meet. Reporductive Soc. Israel, Feb. 13-14, 1991.

144.  (322) Nevo, E., Heth, G. and S. Simson. 1991. Evolution of adaptive pacifistic behaviour in Sahara desert ecology originating from aggressive subterranean Israeli mole rats: prologue to sociality? (Abstract). Intern. Soc. Res. on Aggression. VI European Conf. Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem Israel. June 23-28, 1991. p.47.

145.  (323) Heth, G., E. Frankenberg, H. Pratt and E. Nevo. 1991. Seismic communication in the blind subterranean mole rats: patterns of head thumping and of their detection in the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. J. Zool. London. 224:633-638.

146.  (325) Nevo, E., S. Simson, G. Heth, C. Redi and G. Filippucci. 1991. Recent speciation of subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in the El-Hamam isolate, northern Egypt. (Abstract). 6th Intern. Colloq. on the ecology and taxonomy of small African mammals. August 11-16, 1991. Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. p.43.

147.  (326) Nevo, E. 1991. Evolutionary theory and processes of active speciation and adaptive radiation in subterranean mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. (Abstract). 3rd Europ. Soc. Evol. Biol., 1-5 Sept., 1991. Debrecen, Hungary. p. 10.

148.  (329) Burda, H., S. Marhold, W. Wiltschko, A. Beiles, E. Nevo. and S. Simson. 1991. Spontane magnetische Richtungspraferenz bei Blindmausen Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies (Rodentia, Mammalia). (Abstract). Verh. Dtsch. Zool. Ges. 84:48.

149.  (330) Filippucci, M.G., Hickman, G.C., Capanna, E. and E. Nevo. 1991. Genetic diversity and differentiation of the endemic subterranean golden moles of South Africa (Chrysochloridae, Mammalia). Bioch. Syst. Ecol. 19:461-466.

150.  (331) Ravid, U., E. Putievsky, R. Ikan, V. Weinstein, B.J. Cowart, E. Nevo and G. Heth. 1991. The olfactory properties of carvone and fenchone enantiomers. (Abstract). 22nd Inter. Symp. on Essential Oils. St. Vincent, Italy. p. 42.

151.  (333) Arieli, R. and E. Nevo. 1991. Hypoxic survival differs between two mole rat species (Spalax ehrenbergi) of humid and arid habitats. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 3:543-545.

 

1992

152.  (336) Butler, P.M., E. Nevo, A. Beiles and S. Simson. 1992. Molar variation in mole rats Spalax in relation to speciation and selection. (Abstract). 9th Intern. Symp. Dental Morphology, 3-6 Sept. 1992.

153.  (337) Necker, R., G. Rehkamper and E. Nevo. 1992. The somatosensory cortex of the blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi: an electrophysiological investigation. (Abstract). Physiological Conf. Dusseldorf. Pflugers Arch. Suppl. 1 to Vol. 420, R50.

154.  (338) Burda, H., G.M. Filippucci, M. Macholan, E. Nevo and J. Zima. 1992. Biological, allozyme, and karyotype differentiation of African mole-rats (Cryptomys, Bathyergidae) from Zambia. Z. Saugetierk. Suppl. 57.

155.  (346) Nevo, E. and A. Beiles. 1992. Selection for class II Mhc heterozygosity by parasites in subterranean mole rats. Experientia. 48:512-515.

156.  (351) Necker, R., G. Rehkamper and E. Nevo. 1992. Electrophysiological mapping of body representation in the cortex of the blind mole rat. Neuroreport 3:505-508.

157.  (354) Nevo, E., R. Ben-Shlomo, A. Beiles, C.P. Hart and F.H. Ruddle. 1992. Homeobox DNA polymorphisms (RFLPs) in subterranean mammals of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel: Patterns, correlates and evolutionary significance. J. Exp. Zool. 263:430-441.

158.  (356) Heth, G., E. Nevo, R. Ikan, V. Weinstein, U. Ravid and H. Duncan. 1992. Differential olfactory perception of enantiomeric compounds by blind subterranean mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi). Experientia 48:897-902.

159.  (357) De Grip, W.J., J.J.M. Janssen, R.G. Foster, H.W. Korf, K.J. Rothschild, E. Nevo and G.L.J. de Caluwe. 1992. Molecular analysis of photoreceptor protein function. In: Signal Transduction in Photoreceptor Cells. P.A. Hargrave, K.P. Hofmann and U.B. Kaupp, (eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 43-59.

160.  (358) Ben-Shlomo, R., U. Ritte and E. Nevo. 1992. Does Per-homologous sequence code for rhythmicity in the mole rats? (Abstract). EMBO Workshop on Molecular Chronobiology, 27-30th Sept. 1992. Leicester, England.

161.  (359) Menzies, R.A., G. Heth, R. Ikan, V. Weinstein and E. Nevo. 1992. Sexual pheromones in lipids and other fractions from urine of the male mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi Physiology and Behavior. 52:741-747.

162.  (361) Nevo, E. and A. Beiles. 1992. MtDNA polymorphisms: evolutionary significance in adaptation and speciation of subterranean mole rats. Biol. J. Linn. Soc.47:385-405.

 

1993

163.  (362) Cooper, H.M., Herbin, M. and E. Nevo. 1993. Ocular regression conceals adaptive progression of the visual system in a blind subterranean mammal. Nature 361:156-159.

164.  (363) Ben-Shlomo, R., Shin, H.-S., and E. Nevo. 1993. Period – homologous sequence polymorphisms in subterranean mammals of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Heredity.70:111-121.

165.  (365) Butler, P.M., E. Nevo, A. Beiles and S. Simson. 1993. Variations of molar morphology in the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies: adaptive and phylogenetic significance. J. Zool. London 229:191-216.

166.  (367) Couch, L., D.W. Duszynski and E. Nevo. 1993. Coccidia (Apicomplexa), genetic diversity, and environmental unpredictability of four chromosomal species of the subterranean superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi (mole-rat) in Israel. Parasitology 79:181-189.

167.  (368) Rehkamper, G., H. Frahm, K. Zilles and E. Nevo. 1993. Spalax zentralnervose Anpassungen eines blinden Tieres. (Abstract). Anat. Anz. 172:1 (1991).

168.  (369) Simson, S., B. Lavie and E. Nevo. 1993. Penial differentiation in speciation of subterranean mole rats Spalax ehrenbergi in Israel. J. Zool. London. 229:493-503.

169.  (370) Herbin, M., S. Richard, J.P. Rio, J. Reperant, E. Nevo and H.M. Cooper. 1993. Consequences of reduced eye size on the visual and photoperiodic systems in the blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. (Abstract). American Soc. for Neuroscience, Washington, November, 1993.

170.  (371) Cooper, H.M., M. Herbin and E. Nevo. 1993. Visual system of a naturally microphthalmic mammal: the blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. J. Comp. Neurology 328:313-350.

171.  (372) Nevo, E., S. Simson, G. Heth and A. Beiles. (1992) Adaptive pacifistic behaviour in subterranean mole rats in the Sahara Desert, contrasting to and originating from polymorphic aggression in Israeli species. Behaviour. 123:70-76.

172.  (373) Corti, M., C. Fadda, E. Capanna, S. Simson and E. Nevo. 1993. Shape changes and adaptation of the skull during speciation of the mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi: geometric morphometrics. (Abstract). 4th Congress European Soc. Evolutionary Biology. August 22-28th 1993, Montpellier, France.

173.  (374) Blaustein, L. and E. Nevo. 1993. Preliminary studies on foraging and cache management by mole rats. (Abstract). Proc. Zool. Soc. of Israel. 20-21 December, 1992. Isr. J. Zool. 39:52-53.

174.  (375) Blaustein, L., B.P. Kotler and E. Nevo. 1993. Microhabitat use by rodents on opposing slopes of Nahal Oren, Israel. (Abstract). Proc. Zool. Soc. of Israel. 20-21 December, 1992. Isr. J. Zool. 39:53-54.

175.  (376) Herbin, M., H.M. Cooper and E. Nevo. 1993. Concealed hypertrophies in the visual system of a blind mammals. (Abstract). Proc. Zool. Soc. of Israel. 20-21 December, 1992. Isr. J. Zool. 39:61.

176.  (377) Heth, G., G.K. Beauchamp, K. Yamazaki and E. Nevo. 1993. Characteristic urine odors of species, populations and individuals of mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi) superspecies, detected by laboratory rats. (Abstract). Proc. Zool. Soc. of Israel. 20-21 December, 1992. Isr. J. Zool. 39:61.

177.  (378) Nevo, E., R.L. Honeycutt, H. Yonekawa, K. Nelson and N. Hanzawa. 1993. Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel and its peripheral isolates. Mol. Biol. Evol. 10:590-604.

178.  (386) Ben-Shlomo, R. and E. Nevo. 1993. Myosin-heavy-chain DNA polymorphisms of subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Genetique Selection Evolution 25:211-227.

179.  (389) Nevo, E. 1993. Mode, tempo and pattern of evolution in subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in the Quaternary of Israel. Quaternary International 19:13-19.

180.  (393) Zhao, W., J.J. Beintema, J. Hofsteenge and E. Nevo. 1993. The primary structure of pancreatic ribonuclease from mole rat superspecies Spalax leucodon Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2:270-273.

181.  (397) Auffray, J.C., S. Renaud, P. Alibert, E. and E. Nevo. 1993. Univariate and shape comparison approaches of the fluctuating asymmetry within populations of the mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies. 4th European Soc. Evol. Biol. August 22-28, 1993. Montpellier, France.

 

1994

182.  (401) Filippucci, G.M., H. Burda, E. Nevo and J. Kocka. 1994. Allozyme divergence and systematics of common mole rats (Cryptomys, Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from Zambia. Z. Saugetierkunde 59:42-51.

183.  (402) Ben-Shlomo, R., U. Ritte and E. Nevo. 1994. RNA with per-ACNGGN-repeat is cycling in the mole rat brain. (Abstract). 30 Meeting Zool. Soc. of Israel, 23 January 1994. Isr. J. Zool. 40:93-94.

184.  (405) Nevo, E., M.G. Filippucci and A. Beiles. 1994. Genetic polymorphisms in subterranean mammals (Spalax ehrenbergi) superspecies in the Near East revisited: patterns and theory. Heredity 72:465-487.

185.  (407) Corti, M., C. Fadda, S. Simson and E. Nevo. 1994. La ricostruzione delle modificazioni della forma nelle tre dimensioni e la nuova morfometria: Il caso dello Spalax ehrenbergi. (Abstract) 1st Italian Theriological Congress. October, 1994, Pisa, Italy.

186.  (408) Broza, M. and E. Nevo. 1994. Selective land snail predation by the spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus, in Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel, Israel. Isr. J. Zool. 40:173-176.

187.  (409) Nevo, E., M.G. Filippucci, C.d Redi, A. Korol and A. Beiles. 1994. Chromosomal speciation and adaptive radiation of mole rats in Asia Minor correlated with increased ecological stress. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:8160-8164.

188.  (411) Vuillez, P., M. Herbin, H.M. Cooper, E. Nevo and P. Pevet. 1994. Photic induction of Fos-immunoreactivity in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the blind mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi). Brain Research. 654:81-84.

189.  (414) Rehkamper, G., R. Necker and E. Nevo. 1994. Functional anatomy of the thalamus in the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi: an architectonic and electrophysiologically controlled tracing study. J. Compara. Neurol. 347:570-584.

190.  (420) Corti, M., C. Fadda, S. Simson e E. Nevo. 1994. La ricostruzione delle modificazioni della forma nelle tre dimensioni e la nuova morfometria: il caso dello Spalax ehrenbergi. 1st Cong. Italiano di Teriologia, Pisa 27-29 October, 1994, p. 48.

 

1995

191.  (421) Blaustein, L., E. Nevo, G. Shenbroidt, B. Kotler, G. Rappaport and L. Couch. 1995. Temporal and spatial dynamics of the rodent community in Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel. (Abstract). Annual Zool. Soc. (1995), Dec. 1994, Technion, Haifa. Isr. J. Zool. 41 (1):79-80.

192.  (422) Lindenlaub, T., H. Burda and E. Nevo. 1995. Convergent evolution of the vestibular organ in the subterranean mole-rats, Cryptomys and Spalax, as compared with aboveground rat, Rattus. J. Morphology 224:1-9.

193.  (424) Nevo, E., M.G. Filippucci, C. Redi, S. Simson, G. Heth and A. Beiles. 1995. Karyotype and genetic evolution in speciation of subterranean mole rats of the genus Spalax in Turkey. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 54:203-229.

194.  (429) Ben-Shlomo, R., U. Ritte and E. Nevo. 1995. Activity pattern and rhythm in the subterranean mole rat superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi. Behavioural Genetics 25:239-245.

195.  (430) Cooper, H.M., M. Herbin, E. Nevo and J. Negroni. 1995. The neuroanatomical consequences of microphthalmia in mammals. Les Seminaires Ophtalmologiques d’IPSEN: vision et adaptation Y. christen, M. Doly, M-T. Droy-Lefaix, Eds., Elsevier, 6:127-139.

196.  (441) Zuccotti, M., S. Garagna, C.A. Redi, S. Simson, E. Nevo and E. Capanna. 1995. Spermatogenesis of Spalax ehrenbergi natural hybrids (Rodentia, Spalacidae). Mammalia 59:119-125.

197.  (442) Ben-Shlomo, R., E. Nevo, U. Ritte, S. Steinlechner and G. Klante. 1995. Sulphatoxymelatonin secretion in different lkocomotor activity types of the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi. (Abstract). World Conf. on Chronobiology and Chronotherapeutics. 6-10 Sept. 1995. Ferrara, Italy. Biological Rhythm Research 26:366-367.

198.  (443) Argamaso, S.M., A.C. Froehlich, M.A. McCall, E. Nevo, I. Provencio and R.G. Foster. 1995. Photopigments and circadian systems of vertebrates. Biophys. Chem. 56:3-11.

199.  (446) Nevo, E. 1995. Mammalian evolution underground. The ecological-genetic-phenetic interfaces. Acta Thoriologica 3:9-31.

200.  (448) Shanas, U., G. Heth, E. Nevo, R. Shalgi and J. Terkel. 1995. Reproductive behaviour in the female blind mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi). J. Zool., Lond. 237:195-210.

201.  (450) Butler, P.M., E. Nevo., A. Beiles and S. Simson. 1995. Molar variation in mole rats (Spalax) in relation to speciation and selection. In: Aspects of Dental Biology: Palaeontology, Anthropology and Evolution. J. Moggi-Cecchi, (ed.), International Inst. for the Study of Man, Florence, pp. 355-356.

1996

202.  (453) Suzuki, H., S. Wakana, H. Yonekawa, K. Moriwaki, S. Sakurai and E. Nevo. 1996. Variations in ribosomal DNA and mitochondrial DNA among chromosomal species of subterranean mole rats. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13:85-92.

203.  (459) Ben-Shlomo, R., U. Ritte and E. Nevo. 1996. Circadian rhythm and the per ACNGGN repeat in the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. Behav. Genet. 26:177-184.

204.  (462) Tobler, I., E. Nevo and M. Hermann. 1996. Circadian rest-activity rhythm and sleep in the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi (Abstract). 13th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, 16-21 June, 1996, Brussels, Belgium.

205.  (463) Nevo, E. 1996. Ecology, light and adaptive behavior. (Abstract). Circadian Light Reception and Regulation Confer. 22-25 May, 1996. Lyon, France. pp. 37-38.

206.  (476) Ganem, G. and E. Nevo. 1996. Ecophysiological constraints associated with aggression, and evolution toward pacifism in Spalax ehrenbergi. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 38:245-252.

207.  (483) Nevo, E., R. Ben-Shlomo, A. Beiles, Y. Ronin, S. Blum and J. Hillel. 1996. Genomic adaptive strategies: DNA fingerprinting and RAPDs reveal ecological correlates and genetic parallelism to allozyme and mitochondrial DNA diversities in the actively speciating mole rats in Israel. In: Gene Families: Structure, Function, Genetics and Evolution, R.S. Holmes and H.A. Lim (eds.). World Scientific, Singapure, pp. 55-70.

208.  (484) Ivanitskaya, E., I. Gorlov, O. Gorlova and E. Nevo. 1996. Chromosome markers for Mus macedonicus (Rodentia, Muridae) from Israel. Experientia 124:145-150.

209.  (486) Corti, M., Fadda, C., S. Simson and E. Nevo. 1996. Size and shape variation in the mandible of the fossorial rodent Spalax ehrenbergi. A procrustes analysis in three dimensions. In: Advances in Morphometrics, L.F. Marcus, M. Corti, A. Loy, D. Slice and G. Naylor (eds.). Plenum Press, New York. pp. 303-320.

210.  (496) Ben-Shlomo, R., T. Fahima and E. Nevo. 1996. Random amplified polymorphic DNA of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Isr. J. Zool. 42:317-326.

211.  (497) Blaustein, L., B.P. Kotler and E. Nevo. 1996. Rodent species diversity and microhabitat use along opposing slopes of Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel, Israel. Isr. J. Zool. 42:327-334.

212.  (498) Nevo, E., S. Raz and A. Beiles. 1996. Biodiversity of reptiles at “Evolution Canyon”, Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel, Israel. Isr. J. Zool. 42:395-402.

213.  (503) Heth, G., E. Nevo and J. Todrank. 1996. Seasonal changes in urinary odors and in responses to them by subterranean mole rats. Physiol. Behav. 60:963-968.

214.  (506) Heth, G., G. Beauchamp, E. Nevo and K. Yamazaki. 1996. Species, population and individual specific odors in urine of mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi) detected by laboratory rats. Chemoecology 7:107-111.

215.  (507) Ben-Shlomo, R., E. Nevo, U. Ritte, S. Steinlechner and G. Klante. 1996. 6-Sulphatoxymelatonin secretion in different locomotor activity types of the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi. J. Pineal Res. 21:243-250.

 

1997

216.  (509) Mann, M.D., G. Rehkamper, H. Reinke, H.D. Fraham, R. Necker and E. Nevo. 1997. Size of somatosensory cortex and of somatosensory thalamic nuclei of the naturally blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi J. Brain Res. 38:47-59.

217.  (513) Widmer, H.P., H. Hoppeler, E. Nevo, C.R. Taylor and E.W. Weibel. 1997. Working underground: respiratory adaptations in the blind mole rat. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:2062-2067.

218.  (516) Nevo, E., V.M. Kirzhner, A. Beiles and A.B. Korol. 1997. Selection versus random drift: long-term polymorphism persistence in small populations (evidence and modelling). Phil. Tran. R. Soc. Lond. B 352:381-389.

219.  (517) Couch, L., L. Blaustein, D.W. Duszynski, G. Shenbrot and E. Nevo. 1997. A new coccidian from Acomys cahirinus desmarest, 1819, from Evolution Canyon, Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel, Israel. J. Parasitol. 83:276-279.

220.  (524) Klauer, G., H. Burda and E. Nevo. 1997. Adaptive differentiations of the skin of the head in a subterranean rodent, Spalax ehrenbergi. J. of Morphology 233:53-66.

221.  (539) Haim, A., A. Keshet-Siton, L. Blaustein, D. Afiq, A. Neuman and E. Nevo. 1997. Comparative physiology in populations of common spiny mice, Acomys , from the same locality but different habitats of “Evolution Canyon”, Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel. (Abstract in Hebrew). Ann. Meet. Isr. Soc. of Ecology and Enviro. Quality. 16-17 June, 1997, University of Haifa. p. 104.

222.  (556) Ivanitskaya, E., Y. Coskun and E. Nevo. 1997. Banded karyotypes of mole rats (Spalax Spalacidae, Rodentia) from Turkey: a comparative analysis. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 35:171-177.

223.  (560) Nevo, E., V. Kirzhner, A. Beiles and A. Korol. 1997. Long-term polymorphism persistence in small populations inhabiting harsh environment: evidence on Spalax and modelling. (Abstract). Intern. Conf. Studying Stress in Ecological Systems: Pure and Applied Perspectives. 21-24 June, 1997, Roskilde Univ. Denmark. Abstracts p. 25.

224.  (566) Frahm, H.D., G. Rehkamper and E. Nevo. 1997. Brain structure volumes in the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi (Spalacidae, Rodentia) in comparison to the rat and subterrestrial insectivores. J. Brain Res. 38:209-222.

 

1998

225.  (581). Nevo, E. 1998. Evolution of a visual system for life without light: optimization via tinkering in blind mole rats. In: Principles of Animal Design. The Optimization and Symmorphosis Debate. E.R. Weibel, C.R. Taylor and C. Bolis, eds. Cambridge University Press. pp. 288-298.

226.  (591) Yang, H., E. Nevo and E. Tashian. 1998. Unexpected expression of carbonic anhydrase I and selenium-binding protein as the only major non-heme proteins in erythrocytes of the subterranean mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi). Fed. of European Bioch. Soc.430:343-347.

227.  (592) Lum, H.K., K.-L.D. Lee and E. Nevo. 1998. HMG1 genes from the blind subterranean mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies. (Abstract). Proc. 25th Silver Jubilee FEBS Meeting, 5-10 July, 1998. Copenhagen, Denmark. P22.14, p. 141.

228.  (598) Gorlov, I., O. Gorlova, E. Ivanitskaya, A. Korol and E. Nevo. 1998. Recombination in subterranean mole rats Spalax ehrenbergi superspcies: ecological and cytogenetical determinants. (Abstract). 35th Ann. Meet. Zool. Soc. Israel; Haifa 20.12.1998. Isr. J. Zool. 45:306-307. 1999.

229.  (600) Heth, G., E. Nevo and J. Todrank. 1998. Do blind mole rats identify food items by their odors? (Abstract). 35th Ann. Meet. Zool. Soc. Israel; Haifa 20.12.1998. Isr. J. Zool. 45:309, 1999.

230.  (602) Yang, H., E. Nevo and R.E. Tashian. 1998. Expression of carbonic anhydrse I (CA I) and selenium- binding protein (SeBP) as the major non-heme proteins in red cells of the subterranean mole rat. (Abstract). Gene Families and Isozymes 31:58.

231.  (603) Tobler, I., M. Herrmann, E. Nevo, H.M. Cooper and P. Achermann. 1998. Rest-activity rhythm of the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi under different lighting conditions. Behav. Brain Research. 96:173-183.

232.  (612) Ivanitskaya, E., and E. Nevo. 1998. Cytogenetics of mole rats of the Spalax ehrenberg superspecies from Jordan (Spalacidae, Rodentia. Z. Saugetierkunde 63:336-346.

233.  (613) David-Gray, Z.K., J.W.H. Janssen, E. Nevo and R.G. Foster. 1998. Light detection in a “blind” mammal. Nature Neuroscience 12-98:655-656.

234.  (615) Nevo, E., G.M. Filippucci, T. Pavlicek, O. Gorlova, G. Shenbrot, E. Ivanitskaya and A. Beiles. 1998. Genotypic and phenotypic divergence of rodents (Acomys cahirinus and Apodemus mystacinus) at “Evolution Canyon”: micro- and macroscale parallelism. Acta Theriol. 5:9-34.

235.  (616) Kushnirov, D., F. Beolchini, F. Lombardini and E. Nevo. 1998. Radiotracking studies in the blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. (Abstract #381). Euro-American Mammal Cong., 19-24 July 1998, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

 

1999

236.  (631) Lioupis, A., E. Nevo and M. Wallis. 1999. Cloning and characterisation of the gene encoding mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi) growth hormone. J. Mol. Endocrinol. 22:29-36.        

237.  (633) Auffray, J.C.S. Renaud, P. Alibert and E. Nevo. 1999. Developmental stability and adaptive radiation in the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in the Near-East. J. Evol. Biol.:207-221.

238.  (643) Avivi, A., M.B. Resnik, A. Joel, E. Nevo and A.P. Levi. 1999. Adaptive hypoxic tolerance in the subterranean mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi: the role of vascular endothelial growth factor. FEBS Let. 452:133-140.

239.  (644) Nevo, E. 1999. Mammalian evolution underground: global adaptive convergence. (Abstract). 35th Ann. Meet. Zool. Soc. Israel; Haifa 20.12.1998. Isr. J. Zool. 45:318.

240.  (645) Lum, H.K., K-L.D. Lee and E. Nevo. 1999. The HMG1 genes from the four superspecies of Spalax ehrenbergi. (Abstract). 10th Intern. Cong on Genes, Gene Familes, and Isozymes. 5-10, October 1999, Beijing, China.

241.  (649) Burda, H., S. Begall, O. Grutjen, A. Scharff, E. Nevo, A. Beiles, J. Cerveny and K. Prucha. 1999. How to eat a carrot? Convergence in the feeding behavior of subterranean rodents. Naturwissenschaften 86:325-327.

242.  (662) Nevo, E., A. Beiles and Th. Spradling. 1999. Molecular evolution of cytochrome b of mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. J. Mol. Evol. 49:215-226.

243.  (664) Nevo, 1999. E. Mosaic Evolution of Subterranean Mammals: Regression, Progression and Global Convergence. Oxford University Press.

244.  (665) David-Gray, Zoe K., H.M. Cooper, J.W.H. Jannsen, E. Nevo and R.G. Foster. 1999. Spectral tuning of a circadian photopigment in a subterranean “blind” mammals (Spalax ehrenbergi). FEBS Letters 461:343-347.

245.  (666) Nevo, E., E. Ivanitskaya, M.G. Filippucci and A. Beiles. 1999. Speciation of subterranean mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi, in Jordan. (Abstract). 36th Ann. Meet. Israel Zool. Soc. 56.12.99.

 

2000

246.  (673) Heth, G., J. Todrank and E. Nevo. 2000. Do Spalax ehrenbergi blind mole rats use food odours in searching for and selecting food? Ethol. Ecol. & Evol. 12:75-82.

247.  (678) Marhold, S., A. Beiles, H. Burda and E. Nevo. 2000. Spontaneous directional preference in a subterranean rodent, the blind mole-rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. Folia Zool. 49:7-18.

248.  (680) Nevo, E., E. Ivanitskaya, M.G. Filippucci and A. Beiles. 2000. Speciation and adaptive radiation of subterranean mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies, in Jordan. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 69:263-281.

249.  (682) Nevo, E., A. Beiles, A.B. Korol, Y.I. Ronin, T. Pavlicek and W.D. Hamilton. 2000. Extraordinary multilocus genetic organization in mole crickets, gryllotalpidae. Evolution 54:586-605.

250.  (697) David-Gray, Z.K., M. Munoz, J. Bellingham, A. Avivi, E. Nevo and R.G. Foster. 2000. The degenerate eye of the blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi, does not express a functional shortwave sensitive (SWS) photopigment. (Abstract). Invest. Ophthamology & Visuval Science. 41:4, 15.3.2000.

251.  (698) Nevo, E. 1999. Speciation: chromosomal mechanisms. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Macmillan Reference Ltd., London, pp. 1-11. (http://www.els.net/elsonline/html/A0001757.html).

252.  (699a) Nevo, E., E. Ivanitskaya, G.M. Filippucci, and A. Beiles. 2000. Ecological speciation of Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Jordan: four new putative species. (Abstract). Isr. J. Zool. 46:169.

253.  (706) Chikatunov, V., T. Pavlicek and E. Nevo. 2000. Biodiversity of beetles in the mounds of mole rat, Spalax carmeli: a novel microscale complex ecosystem. (Abstract). Ann. Meeting Israel Zool. Soc. 24.12.2000, Beer Sheva.

254.  (710) Heth, G., J. Todrank and E. Nevo. 2000. Do Spalax ehrenbergi blind mole rats use food odors in searching for and selecting food? Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 12:75-82.

2001

255.  (722) Avivi, A., A. Joel and E. Nevo. 2001. The lens protein a-B-crystallin of the blind subterranean mole-rat: high homology with sighted mammals. Gene 264:45-49.

256.  (732) Shmueli, O., A. Gdalyahu, K. Sorokina, E. Nevo, A. Avivi and O. Reiner, 2001. DCX in PC12 cells: CREB-mediated transcription and neurite outgrowth. Hum. Mol. Genet. 10:1061-1070.

257.  (738) a. Ivanitskaya, E. and E. Nevo. 2000. New chromosome forms of mole rats from Jordan and heir relationships with the Spalax ehrenbergi cytotypes from Israel and Turkey. (Abstract). Isr. J. Zool. 46:372-373.
b. Kushnirov, D., F. Beolchini, F. Lombardini and E. Nevo. 2000. Elucidating activity patterns of mole rats via radiotelemetry. (Abstract). Isr. J. Zool. 46:377.
c. Nevo, E. Global mammalian evolution underground: challenges and adaptive solutions. 2000. (Abstract). Isr. J. Zool. 46:380-381.

258.  (740) Nevo, E. 2001 Evolution of genome-phenome diversity under environmental stress. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:6233-6240.

259.  (754) Nevo, E., E. Ivanitskaya and A. Beiles. 2001. Adaptive Radiation of Blind Subterranean Mole Rats: Naming and Revisiting the Four Sibling Species of the Spalax ehrenbergi Superspecies in Israel: Spalax galili (2n=52), S. golani (2n=54), S. carmeli (2n=58) and S. judaei (2n=60). Bachkhuys Publishers b.v., Leiden, The Netherlands.

260.  (757) Janssen, J.W.H., P.H.M. Bovee-Geurts, Z.P.A. Peeters, J.K. Bowmaker, H.M. Cooper, Z.K. David-Gray, E. Nevo and W.J. DeGrip. 2000. A fully functional Rod visual pigment in a Blind mammal: a case for adaptive functional reorganization? J. Biol. Chem. 275:38674-38679.

261.  (762) Ivanitskaya, E., G. Shenbrot and E. Nevo. 2001. Telomeric sequence arrays and chromosomal evolution in the Spalax ehrenbergi (Spalacidae, Rodentia) complex in Israel. (Abstract). 14th Intern. Chromo. Conf. Sept. 4-8, 2001, Würzburg, Germany.

262.  (771) Avivi, A., U. Albrecht, H. Oster, A. Joel, A. Beiles and E. Nevo. 2001. Biological clock in total darkness: the Clock/MOP3 circadian system of the blind subterranean mole rat. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:13751-13756.

263.  (772) Melamed-Frank, M., A. Terzic, A.J. Carrasco, E. Nevo, A. Avivi and A.P. Levy. Reciprocal regulation of expression of pore-forming KATP channel genes by hypoxia. Mol. Cell. Biochem. 225:145-150.

264.  (776) a. Avivi A., A. Joel and E. Nevo. 2001. Biological clock in total darkness: conservation and uniqueness of circadian genes in the blind subterranean mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi). (Abstract). Isr. Zool. Soc. Haifa, December, 2001.
b. Hough, R.B., A. Avivi, J. Davis, J. Alma, E. Nevo and J. Piatigorsky. Adaptive changes in promoter activity of the small heat shock protein/αB-crystallin of the blind mole rat. (Abstract). ARVO, spring 2002.

2002

265.  (797) Hough, R.B., A. Avivi, J. Davis, A. Joel, E. Nevo and J. Piatigorsky. 2002. Adaptive evolution of small heat shock protein/αB-crystallin promoter activity of the blind subterranean mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:8145-8150.

266.  (798) Heth, G., J. Todrank, S. Begall, R. Koch, Y. Zilbiger, E. Nevo, S.H. Braude and H. Burda. 2002. Odours underground: subterranean rodents may not forage “blindly”. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol 52:53-58.

267.  (801). Cernuda-Cernuda, R., W.J. DeGrip, H.M. Cooper, E. Nevo, and J.M. Garcia-Fernandez. 2002. The retina of Spalax ehrenbergi. Novel histological features supportive of a modified photosensory role. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 43:2374-2383.

268.  (806) Hannibal, J., P. Hindersson, E. Nevo and J. Fahrenkrug. 2002. The circadian photopigment melanopsin is expressed in the blind subterranean mole rat, Spalax. NeuroReport 13:1411-1414.

269.  (808). Avivi, A., H. Oster, A. Joel, A. Beiles, U. Albrecht and E. Nevo. 2002. Circadian genes in a blind subterranean mammal II: conservation and uniqueness of the three Period homologs in the blind subterranean mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:11718-11723.

270.  (818). David-Gray, Z.K., J. Bellingham, M. Munoz, A. Avivi, E. Nevo and R.G. Foster.2002. Adaptive loss of ultraviolet-sensitive/violet-sensitive (UVS/VS) cone opsin in the blind mole rat (Spalaxehrenbergi). Europ. J. Neuroscinece 16:1186-1194.

271.  (819) Oster, H., A. Avivi, A. Joel, U. Albrecht and E. Nevo. 2002. A switch from diurnal to noctural activity in Spalax ehrenbergi is accompanied by an uncoupling of light input and the circadian clock. Current Biology 12:1919-1922.

272.  (825) Shams, I., A. Avivi, A. Joel and E. Nevo. 2002. The Erythropoietin gene in the blind subterranean mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies–a comparative study in four species in Israel. (Abstract). Ann. Meet. Israel Zool. Soc. 1.12.2002, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

273.  (836) Ivanitskaya, E., T. Pavlicek and E. Nevo. 2002. Cytogenetical analysis of a hybrid zone between two Israeli Spalax species, (S. carmeli and S. galili, Spalacidae): 25 years later. (Abstract). VIII Int. Conf. Rodents et Spatium, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

 

2003

274.  (861) Roguin, A., A. Avivi, S. Nitechi, I. Rubinstein, N.S. Levy, Z.A. Abassi, M.B. Resnick, O. Lache, M.Melamed-Frank, A. Joel, A. Hoffman, E. Nevo and A.P. Levy. 2003. Restoration of blood flow by using continuous perimuscular infiltration of plasmid DNA encoding subterranean mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi VEGF. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:4644-4648.

275.  (874) Reyes, A., E. Nevo and C. Saccone. 2003. DNA sequence variation in the mitochondrial control region of subterranean mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies, in Israel. Mol. Biol. Evol. 20:622-632.

276.  (878) Gerlach F., A. Avivi, T. Burmerster, E. Nevo and T. Hankeln. 2003. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of the neuroglobin gene of the subterranean blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. (Absract). XIIth Intern. Conf. Invert. Dioxygen Binding Proteins Mainz, Germany, Sept. 7-12.

277.  (892) Polyakov A., A. Beharav, A. Avivi and E. Nevo. 2003. Mammalian microevolution in action: adaptive edaphic genomic divergence in blind subterranean mole-rats. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Biol. Lett. (Suppl.) 271:S156-S159.

278.  (905) Roguin A., S. Nitecki, I. Rubinstein, E. Nevo, A. Avivi, N.S. Levy, Z. A. Abassi, E. Sabo, O. Lache, M. Frank, A. Hoffman, A.P. Levy. 2003. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) fails to improve blood flow and to promote collateralization in a diabetic mouse ischemic bindlimb model. http//www.cordiab.com/content/2/1/18.

279.  (903) Avivi A., H. Oster, A. Joel, A. Beiles, U. Albrecht and E. Nevo. 2003. Circadian genes in a blind subterranean mammal III: molecular cloning and circadian regulation of cryptochrome genes in the blind subterranean mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi  superspecies. J. Biol. Rhythms 20:1-13.

 

2004

280.  (912) Nasser, N., A. Avivi, O. Goldshmidt, I. Vlodavsky and E. Nevo. 2004. Heparanase of spalax judaei displays a deletion of 16 amino acids in comparison to other mole rat species in Israel. (Abstract) Jan.10-14, 2004. Plant & Animal Genomes XII Conference, Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA., Jan. 10-14, 2004, P:175.

281.  (918) Shams I., E. Nevo and A. Avivi. 2004. Erythropoietin and HiF-1 gene expression in kidneys of the subterranean blind rat in response to hypoxia. (Abstract) Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA. Plant Animal Genome XII P:892.

282.  (929) Schmidt M., F. Gerlach, A. Avivi, T. Laufs, S. Wystub, J. C. Simpson, E. Nevo, S. Saaler-Reinbardt, S. Reuss, T. Hankeln and T. Burmester. 2004. Cytoglobin is a respiratory protein in connective tissue and neurons, which is up-regulated by hypoxia. Jour. Biol. Chem. 279:8063-8069.

283.  (930) Reyes, A., C. Gissi, F. Catzeflis, E. Nevo, G. Pesole and C. Saccone. 2004. Congruent mammalian trees from mitochondrial and nuclear genes using Bayesian methods. Mol. Biol. Evol. 21:397-403.

284.  (937) Shams I., A. Avivi and E. Nevo. 2004. Hypoxic stress tolerance of the blind subterranean mole rat: expression of erythropoietin and hypoxia-inducible factor 1α. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:9698-9703.

285.  (946) Ashur-Fabian O., A. Avivi, L. Trakhtenbrot, K. Adamsky, M. Cohen, G. Kajakaro, A. Joel, N. Amariglio, E. Nevo and G. Rechavi. 2004. Evolution of p53 in hypoxia-stress Spalax mimics human tumor mutation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:12236-12241.

286.  (964) Nasser N.J., G. Sarig, B. Brenner, A. Avivi, E. Nevo, M. Masoud, N. Ilan, O. Goldsmidt, J.P. Li and I. Vlodavsky. 2004. Heparanase neutralizes the anti-coagulation properties of heparin and low molecular weight heparin. (Abstract). The International Conference on Tumor Microenvironment: Progression, Therapy and Prevention. Prague, Czech Republic, Oct. 12-16, 2004.         

287.  (968) Karanth P.K., A. Avivi, A. Beharav and E. Nevo. 2004. Microsatellite diversity in populations of blind subterranean mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies) in Israel: speciation and adaptation. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 83:229-241.

2005

288.  (976) Band, M., L. Brodsky, A. Joel, E. Nevo and A. Avivi. 2005. Comparative gene expression between rat and subterranean mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi under hypoxic conditions. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XII, San-Diego, USA, January 2005.

289.  (981) Avivi, A., O. Ashure-Fabian, N. Amariglio, E. Nevo and G. Rechavi. 2005. p-53- A Key player in tumoral and Evolutionary adaptation. A lesson from the Israeli blind subterranean mole rat. Cell Cycle 4(3):e-48-e52.

290.  (986) Shams, I., E. Nevo and A. Avivi. 2005. Ontogenetic expression of erythropoietin and hypoxia-inducible factor–1 alpha genes to hypoxia in subterranean blind mole rats. FASEB J. 19:307-309.

291.  (987) Hankeln, T., B. Ebner, C. Fuchs, F. Gerlach, M. Haberkamp, T. Laufs, A. Roesner, M. Schmidt, B. Weich, S. Wystub, S. Saaler-Reinhardt, S. Reuss, M. Bolognesi, D. De Sanctis, M.C. Marden, L. Kiger, S. Dewilde, L. Moens, E. Nevo, A. Avivi, R.E. Weber, A. Fago and T. Burnester. 2005. Neuroglobin and cytoglobin in search of their role in the vertebrate goblin family. J. Inorg. Biochem. 99:110-119.

292.  (988) Shams, I., A. Avivi, E. Nevo and E. Ivanitskaya. 2005. Assignment of erythropoietin to blind subterranean mole rat chromosome 1p by in situ hybridization. Cytogenet. Genome Res. 108:362D.

293.  (992) Avivi, A., I. Shams, A. Joel, O. Lache, A.P. Levy and E. Nevo. 2005. Increased blood vessel density provides the mole rat physiological tolerance to its hypoxic subterranean habitat. FASEB J. 19:1314-1316.

294.  (1017) Shams, I., A. Avivi and E. Nevo. 2005. Oxygen and carbon dioxide fluctuations in burrows of subterranean blind mole rats indicate tolerance to hypoxic–hypercapnic stresses. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 142(3):376-382.

295.  (1021) Nasser, N., E. Nevo, I. Shafat, N. Ilan, I. Vlodavsky and A. Avivi. 2005. Adaptive evolution of heparanase in hypoxia-tolerant Spalax: gene cloning and identification of a unique splice variant. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102(42):15161-15166.

296.  (1022) Shams, I., E. Nevo and A. Avivi. 2005. Erythropoietin receptor spliced forms differentially expressed in blind subterranean mole rats. FASEB J. 19:1749-1751.

297.  (1025) Brodsky, L.I., J. Jacob-Hirsch, A. Avivi, L. Trakhtenbrot, S. Zeligson, A. Amatiglio, A. Paz, A.B. Korol, M. Band, G. Rechavi and E. Nevo. 2005. Evolutionary regulation of the blind subterranean mole rat, Spalax, revealed by genome-wide gene expression. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102(47):17047-17052.

298.  (1027) Hubalek, Z., H. Burda, A. Scharff, G. Heth, E. Nevo, R. Sumbera, J. Pesko and J. Zima. 2005. Emmonsiosis of subterranean rodents (Bathyergidae, Spalacidae) in Africa and Israel. Med. Mycol. 43:691-697.

2006

299.(1034) Avivi, A., L. Brodsky, E. Nevo and M. Band. 2006. Differential expression profiling of the blind subterranean mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies: bio-prospecting for hypoxia tolerance. (Abstract). Plant & Genomes XIV Conference, January 14-18, 2006, San Diego, USA.

300.(1036) Avivi, A. and E. Nevo. 2006. Spalax as a hypoxic-tolerant cancer evolutionary model. (Abstract). Keystone Symposia, January 2006, Colorado.

301.(1037) Hankeln, T., F. Gerlach, T. Burmester, A. Avivi and E. Nevo. 2006. Regulation of neuroglobin cytoglobin and myoglobin in a hypoxia-tolerant mammal, the subterranean blind mole rat superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi. (Abstract). Keystone Symposia, January 2006, Colorado.

302.(1038) Ravid, O., I. Shams, N. Ben-Califa, E. Nevo, A. Avivi and D. Neumann. 2006. Spalax mole rat erythropoietin receptor displays enhanced maturation conferred by its extracellular domain. (Abstract). Research Fair Day, Tel Aviv Medical Faculty, 11 April 2006, Tel Aviv University.

303.(1062) Gerlach, F., A. Avivi, T. Burmester, E. Nevo and T. Hankeln. 2006. Regulation of neuroglobin, cytoglobin and myoglobin in a hypoxia-tolerant mammal, the subterranean mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi. (Abstract). First Int. Congress of Respiratory Biology ICRB, Bonn/Bad Honnef, August 13th -16th, 2006.

304.(1063) Ravid, O., I. Shams, N. Ben-Califa, E. Nevo. A. Avivi and D. Neumann. 2006. Erythropoietin receptor of the Spalax mole rat displays enhanced maturation conferred by its extracellular domain. (Abstract). FASEB Meeting on Protein Folding in the Cell, July 29-August 3, Vermont, USA. 7th Int. Lübeck Conference on the Pathophysiology and Pharmacology of Erythropoietin and other Hemopoietic Growth Factors, September 6-9, 2006, Lübeck, Germany.

305.(1066) Caballero, B., C. Tomás-Zapico, I. Vega-Naredo, V. Sierra, D. Tolivia, R. Hardeland, M.J. Rodríguez-Colunga, A. Joel, E. Nevo, A. Avivi and A. Coto-Montes. 2006. Antioxidant activity in Spalax ehrenbergi: a possible adaptation to underground stress. J. Comp. Physiol. A. 192:753-759.

306.(1068) Avivi, A., L. Brodsky, E. Nevo and M.R. Band. 2006. Differential expression profiling of the blind subterranean mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies: bioprospecting for hypoxia tolerance. Physiol. Genomics 27:54-64.

307.(1093) Gerlach, F. A. Avivi, A. Joel, T. Bumester, E. Nevo and T. Hankeln. 2006. Genomic organization and molecular evolution of the genes for neuroglobin and cytoglobin in the hypoxia-tolerant Israeli mole rat, Spalax carmeli. Isr. J. Ecol. Evol. 52:389-403.

2007

308.(1085) Avivi, A., O. Ashur-Fabian, A. Joel, L. Trakhtenbrot, K. Adamsky, I. Goldstein, N. Amariglio, G. Rechavi and E. Nevo. 2007. P53 in blind subterranean mole rats-loss-of –function versus gain-of-function activities on newly cloned Spalax target genes. Oncogene 26:2507-2512.

309.(1087) Nevo, E. 2007. Mosaic evolution of subterranean mammals: tinkering, regression, progression, and global convergence. In: Subterranean Rodents: News. From Underground. S. Begall, H. Burda, C.E. Schleich (eds.). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

310.(1091) Nevo, E. 2007. Evolution of pacifism and sociality in blind mole –rats. In: Rodent Societies an Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective. J.O. Wolff and P.W. Sherman (eds.). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, pp. 293-302.

311.(1100) Polyakov, A.V., A. Beharav, T. Krugman, A. Avivi and E. Nevo. 2007. Ecological and phylogenetic significance of AFLP DNA diversity in 4 species of blind subterranean mole rats (Spalax) in Israel. In: The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson. Kelt, D.A., E.P. Lessa, J. Salazar-Bravo and J.L. Patton (eds.). University of California Publication in Zoology, pp.917-944.

312.(1106) Pavliček, T., V. Chikatunov and E. Nevo. 2005. Arthropods in the mounds of mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies, in Israel. Ecologia Mediterranea 31:5-13.

313.(1121) Ravid, O., I. Shams, N. Ben Califa, E. Nevo, A. Avivi and D. Neumann. 2007. An extracellular region of the erythropoietin receptor of the subterranean blind mole rat Spalax enhances receptor maturation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104 (36):14360-14365.

314.(1123) Gerlach, F., A. Avivi, S. Reuss, T. Burmester, E. Nevo and T. Hankeln. 2007. Globins underground: respiratory proteins in the hypoxia-tolerant mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi. (Abstract). Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 100th Annual Meeting, September, Koln, Germany.

315.(1127) Nasser, N., A. Avivi, M. Shushy, I. Vlodavsky and E. Nevo. 2007. Cloning, expression, and characterization of an alternatively spliced variant of human heparanase. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 354:33-38.

316.(1143) Avivi, A., A. Joel and E. Nevo. 2007. Melanopsin evolution: seeing light in darkness by the blind subterranean mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies. Isr. J. Ecol. Evol 53:81-84.

317.(1144) Soria-Valles, C., B. Caballero, I. Vega-Naredo, V. Sierra, C. Huidobro-Fernandez, D. Tolivia, M.J. Rodriguez-Colunga, A. Joel, E. Nevo and A. Avivi. 2007. Oxidative status of the Harderian gland of Spalax judae under normoxic conditions. (Abstract). The XII Congress of the Spanish Society for Cellular Biology, 2-5 July 2007, Pamplona, Spain. (In Spanish).

318.(1145) Trakhtenbrot, L, O. Ashur-Fabian, A. Avivi, N. Amariglio, E. Nevo and G. Rechavi. 2007. Evolution of p53: hypoxia-stressed Spalax mimics human tumors. (Abstract). Eur. Congress of Mammalogy, 20-26 September 2007, Grosseto, Italy.

319.(1167) Devor, E.J., A.S. Peek, R. M. Dill-Devor, A. Avivi and E. Nevo. 2007. Characterizing the 5HT1B serotonin receptor in blind subterranean mole rats. Isr. J. Ecol. Evol. 53:161-166.

320.(1168) Edrey, Y.H., D. Casper, J.B. Levitt, E. Nevo and R. Buffenstein.2007. Cerebellar neurotrophic factors correlated with lifespan in rodents with disparate longevity. (Abstract). FASEB 2007, April 28-May 2, 2007, Washington DC.

2008

321.(1169) Edrey, Y.H., R. Buffenstein, J.B. Levitt, E. Nevo and D. Casper. 2008. Neurotorophic factors correlated with lifespan in rodents. (Abstract). CUNY Graduate Center, April 11, 2008.

 

2009

322.(1199) Nevo, E. 2009. Visual system: adaptive regression and progression in subterranean mammals. In: Encyclopedia of Neurosciences. L.R. Squire (ed.). Vol. 10, Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 323-330.

323.(1200) Nasser, N.J., M. Kaplan, E. Nevo and M. Aviram. 2009. Lipid profile and serum characteristics of the blind subterranean mole rat, Spalax. PLoSONE 4 (2):e 4528 (1-7).

324.(1201) Tzur, S., J. Todrank, A. Juergens and E. Nevo. 2009. Odour-genes covariance within a natural population of subterranean Spalax galili blind mole rats. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 96:483-490.

325.(1207) Nasser, N., A. Avivi, I. Shafat, E. Edovitsky, E. Zchria, N. Ilan, I. Vlodavsky and E. Nevo. 2009. Alternatively spliced Spalax heparanase inhibits extracellular matrix degradation, tumor growth, and metastasis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106:2253-2258.

326.(1213)* Suzuki, H., M.G. Filippucci, G.N. Chelomina, J.J. Sato, K. Serizawa and E. Nevo. 2008. A biogeographic view of Apodemus in Asia and Europe inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences. Biochem. Genet. 46:329-246.

327.(1214) Sandwall, E., S. Bodevin, N.J. Nasser, E. Nevo, A. Avivi, I. Vlodavsky and J-P. Li. 2009. Molecular structure of heparin sulfate from Spalax. Implications of heparanase and hypoxia. J. Biol. Chem. 284:3814-3822.

328.(1231) Svobodova, P., M. Pejcoch, M. Heroldova, T. Pavlicek, E. Nevo, R. Sumbera and Z. Hubalek. 2009. Examination of rodents (Rodentia) for emmonsiosis in the Czech Republic, Israel and Africa. Czech Mycol. 61:99-106.

2010

329.(1242) Singaravelan, N., T. Pavlíček, A. Beharav, K. Wakamatsu, S. Ito and E. Nevo. 2010. Spiny mice modulate eumelanin to phomelanin ratio to achieve cryptic coloration in “Evolution Canyon”, Israel. PLoSONE 5:e8708.

330. (1247) Mason M.J., F.W.S. Lai, J-G. Li and E. Nevo. 2010. Middle ear structure and bone conduction in Spalax, Eospalax, and Tachyoryctes mole –rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae). J. Morphol. 271:462-472.

331. (1270) Nevo, E. 2010. Stress and evolution at micro-and macroscales. (Abstract). “Chance and necessity in Evolution”. An Int. Meeting honoring Jacques Monod on the 100th Anniversary of his birthday and the 40th Anniversary of his book. 20-22 October 2010, Ravello, Italy.

332. (1271) Abas, A., E. Nevo, N. Kronfeld-Shor and M. Horowitz. 2010. Does adaptation to hypoxia affect thermoregulation? (Abstract in Hebrew). Zoological Annual Meeting, 2 December 2010, Jerusalem.

In press

Avivi, A., F. Gerlach, A. Joel, S. Reuss, T. Burmester and E. Nevo. Neuroglobin, cytoglobin, and myoglobin contribute to hypoxia adaptation of the subterranean mole rat Spalax. Prof. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.

Lin, G., W. Li, E. Nevo, J. Su and T. Zhang. Adaptive evolution of flaky thump claw and elongated compulsory arousal duration in the subterranean rodent plateau zokor. Ethol. Ecol. Evol.

 

 

December 2010