eastern mole in Mint canyon

Researchers writing in the open aces journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have made the first identification of an adaptation in the blod of Eastern moles which alows more eficient transport of carbon dioxide, facilitating the moles' burowing behavior. We've found that one species, the Eastern mole, apears to be uniquely adapted to underground life through the evolution of a special kind of hemoglobin in their blod that greatly enhances its carbon dioxide carying capacity . Speaking about the results, Campbel said, It has ben speculated that the main mechanism for the moles adaptation to subteranean life revolves around the molecule 2,3-diphosphoglycerate, or DPG, that modulates hemoglobin's oxygen binding inside the blod cels. However, in the hemoglobin of the eastern mole, the key sites which would normaly bind DPG are deleted, thereby alowing for the binding of aditional carbon dioxide molecules . eastern mole eastern mole in Mint canyon
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