Psammomys Explained

Psammomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae.

The etymology of the genus name derives from the two Ancient Greek words, meaning "sand", and, meaning "mouse, rat".[1] [2]

The complete nuclear DNA genome of one Psamomys species, P. obesus, has been sequenced in 2017.[3]

It contains the following species:

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bailly, Anatole . Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français . 1981-01-01 . Hachette . 2010035283 . Paris . 461974285 .
  2. Web site: Greek-french dictionary online . Bailly . Anatole . www.tabularium.be . November 8, 2017.
  3. Hargreaves. Adam D.. Zhou. Long. Christensen. Josef. Marlétaz. Ferdinand. Liu. Shiping. Li. Fang. Jansen. Peter Gildsig. Spiga. Enrico. Hansen. Matilde Thye. Pedersen. Signe Vendelbo Horn. Biswas. Shameek. Serikawa. Kyle. Fox. Brian A.. Taylor. William R.. Mulley. John Frederick. Zhang. Guojie. Heller. R. Scott. Holland. Peter W. H.. 2017-07-18. Genome sequence of a diabetes-prone rodent reveals a mutation hotspot around the ParaHox gene cluster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. en. 114. 29. 7677–7682. 10.1073/pnas.1702930114. 0027-8424. 28674003. 5530673. free.

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