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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

Avivi, Aaron ; Oster, Henrik ; Joel, Alma ; Beiles, Avigdor ; Albrecht, Urs ; Nevo, Eviatar

In: Journal of Biological Rhythms, 2004, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 22-34

The blind subterranean mole rat superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi is an extreme example of mammalian adaptation to life underground. Though this rodent is totally visually blind, harboring a drastically degenerated subcutaneous rudimentary eye, its daily activity rhythm is entrainable to LD cycles. This indicates that it confers light information to the clock, as has been previously shown by the...