Adaptation in mole blood aids tunnelling

Monday, July 19, 2010 - 09:56 in Biology & Nature

'Super haemoglobin' allows moles to thrive underground. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have made the first identification of an adaptation in the blood of Eastern moles which allows more efficient transport of carbon dioxide, facilitating the moles' burrowing behaviour...

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