The mole (Talpa europaea; Insectivora) and the mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi; Rodentia) both have degenerated eyes as a convergent adaptation to subterranean life. The rudimentary eye lenses of these blind mammals no longer function in a visual process. The crystallin genes, which display a lens-specific expression pattern, were studied in these blind mammals and in related species with normal ey...

Understanding how mammalian genomes have been reshuffled through structural changes is fundamental to the dynamics of its composition, evolutionary relationships between species and, in the long run, speciation. In this work, we reveal the evolutionary genomic landscape in Rodentia, the most diverse and speciose mammalian order, by whole-genome comparisons of six rodent species and six represen...

During the investigation of terrariums snake pets, two species are reported for first time from Hungary. Females Ophionyssus natricis (Gervais, 1844) were collected body a Boa sp. (Reptilia:Boidae), and females Hirstionyssus butantanensis (Fonseca, 1932) found on new-born mice (Mus musculus Linnaeus) (Rodentia: Muridae) which used as food reptiles. Key Words: parasitic mites, terrarium, new rec...