Hematocrit and hemoglobin concentration in four chromosomal species and some isolated populations of actively speciating subterranean mole rats in Israel

R. Arieli; G. Heth; E. Nevo; D. Hoch

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Hematocrit and hemoglobin concentration in four chromosomal species and some isolated populations of actively speciating subterranean mole rats in Israel

R. Arieli, G. Heth, E. Nevo, D. Hoch

Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology

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Hematocrit (HCT) and hemoglobin (Hb) concentration were measured in four chromosomal species and some peripherally semi-isolated and isolated populations of the mole rat superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi in Israel. HCT was 52.0, 51.4, 50.9, and 47.8%, and Hb was 16.0, 16.6, 16.3, and 14.7 g/100 ml for 2n=52, 58, 54, and 60, respectively. The species 2n=60, which lives in arid habitats, had lower HCT and Hb than the other three species. HCT decreased as aridity increased between the species and within the species 2n=60. Changes in HCT probably reflect clinal changes in both soil permeability to gases and ambient temperature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	441-443
Number of pages	3
Journal	Experientia
Volume	42
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02118650
State	Published - Apr 1986

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Blood
aridity
fossoriality
habitat selection

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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