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  2. Rodent - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. Order of mammals Rodent Temporal range: Late Paleocene – recent Pre๊ž’ ๊ž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N Capybara Springhare Golden-mantled ground squirrel North American beaver House mouse Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Mirorder ...

  3. Torpor - Wikipedia

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    These rodents use torpor as means to survive winter and live to reproduce in the next reproduction cycle when food sources are plentiful, separating periods of torpor from the reproduction period. The eastern long-eared bat uses torpor during winter and is able to arouse and forage during warm periods. [ 25 ]

  4. Energy crop - Wikipedia

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    Plants best suited for future bioenergy feedstocks should be fast growing, high yielding, and require very little energy inputs for growth and harvest etc. [18] The use of energy crops for energy production can be beneficial because of its carbon neutrality. It represents a cheaper alternative to fossil fuels while being extremely diverse in ...

  5. Rat - Wikipedia

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    The term rat is also used in the names of other small mammals that are not true rats. Examples include the North American pack rats (aka wood rats [3]) and a number of species loosely called kangaroo rats. [3] Rats such as the bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis) are murine rodents related to true rats but are not members of the genus Rattus ...

  6. Rodentology - Wikipedia

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    Rodentology is a branch of mammalogy for the study of rodents by a rodentologist. [1] The scientific group of rodents would include, but is not limited to, mice, rats, squirrels, etc. From the perspective of zoology , it investigates the behaviour, biology and classification of various rodent species.

  7. Animal testing on rodents - Wikipedia

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    Rodents have been employed in biomedical experimentation from the 1650s. [1] Currently, rodents are commonly used in animal testing, particularly mice and rats, but also guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils and others. Mice are the most commonly used vertebrate species, due to their availability, size, low cost, ease of handling, and fast ...

  8. List of model organisms - Wikipedia

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    Lotus japonicus, model legume used to study the symbiosis responsible for nitrogen fixation. (Agronomy, Molecular biology) Lemna gibba. Lemna gibba, rapidly growing aquatic monocot, one of the smallest flowering plants. Lemna growth assays are used to evaluate the toxicity of chemicals to plants in ecotoxicology.

  9. Bioenergy - Wikipedia

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    Bioenergy is a type of renewable energy that is derived from plants and animal waste. [1] The biomass that is used as input materials consists of recently living (but now dead) organisms, mainly plants. [2] Thus, fossil fuels are not regarded as biomass under this definition.