Population density of shrews in a clearing in the submountain spruce forest was established per 1 hectare 17.5 individuals of common shrew, 4.6 of pygmy shrew and 1.1 of alpin shrew. The mean radius ...

Chromosome preparations were done from spleen cells and stained for G-bands with Giemsa reagent after treatment with trypsin (Seabright, 1971). Chromosome arms were labelled according to the ...

At first glance the common shrew is unremarkable. Between 5 and 8 centimetres long, it looks like a mouse with a pointed nose, or perhaps a miniature mole. If you saw it scurry through a field, you ...

Milestones in common shrew chromosomal research / Jan Zima and Jeremy B. Searle -- Introducing the common shrew / Nikolay A. Shchipanov, Jan Zima and Sara Churchfield -- Morphology and genetics of the ...

Common shrews are one of only a handful of mammals known to flexibly shrink and regrow their brains. This rare seasonal cycle, known as Dehnel's phenomenon, has puzzled scientists for decades. How can ...

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company has decided that if they're going to draw up to 10000 people to the Boston Common on a hot summer's night for a production of free Shakespeare the last thing they want ...