Microtus oeconomus

Borowski, Z. (1998) Influence of weasel (Mustela nivalis Linneaus, 1776) odour on spatial behaviour of root voles (Microtus oeconomus Pallas, 1776). Can. J. Zool. 76, 1799-1804. 

In root voles (Microtus oeconomus) hepatic phase I detoxication by monooxygenases, specifically ethoxyresorufin-O-dealkylase, can be induced by large doses of birch bark powder in the diet. Conjugation (phase II) is not affected (Harju,1996). 

Harju, A. (1996). Effect of birch (Betula pendula) bark and food protein level on root voles (Microtus oeconomus) II. Detoxification capacity. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22, 719-728. 

Juntheikki, M.R., JulkunenTiitto, R., and Hagerman, A.E., Salivary tannin-binding proteins in root vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas), Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 24, 25, 1996. 

The field vole, Microtus oeconomus, has X and Y chromosomes with unique patterns of heterochromatin, which means that they can easily be identified in spermatids. Thus, by simple microscopic examination of testes, spermatids with XX, XY, YY, or no sex chromosome can be identified (the latter with less certainty because a poorly stained cell can mimic one without sex chromosomes). Diploid spermatids can be identified not only on the basis of their two sex chromosomes, but also because they are large cells. 

Tates, A.D. Microtus oeconomus (Rodentia), a useful mammal for studying the induction of sex-chromosome nondisjunction and diploid gametes in male germ cells. Environ. Health Perspect. 31 151-159, 1979. 

Microtus cf. arvalis (Pallas)—15 Mj Microtus gregalis (Pallas)—45 Mj Microtus oeconomus (Pallas)— 3 Mj Lepus sp.—1 Ochotona sp.—1... 

Fig. 24. Diagram depicting percentile distribution of various vole species in the series of layers in the material of rock shelter no. 1 of Uppony. 1. Microtus arvalis 2. Microtus gregalis 3. Microtus oeconomus 4. Microtus nivalis, 5. Pitymys arvalidens, 6. Arvicola sp. I 7. Dicrostonyx sp. 8. My odes sp. 9. Pliomys sp.

Microtus arvalis (Pallas)—173 Mi Microtus oeconomus (Pallas)—5 Mi Microtus gregalis (Pallas)—-28 M i Pitymys cf subterraneus—arvalidens—5 Mi Pitymys gregaloides Hinton—3 M i... 

Apodemus sylvaticus L.—6/2 Arvicola terrestris L.— 13/8 Lagurus cf. lagurus (Pallas)—4/3 Microtus cf. arvalis (Pallas)—32 Microtus oeconomus (Pallas)—8 Microtus gregalis (Pallas)—1 Myodes (Clethrionomys) sp.—15/6 Lepus aS. praetimidus Kretzoi—221A Equus sp. (smaller species)—2 Cervus elaphus L.—18/3 Bos sive Bison—3... 

Citellus citelloides Kormos Microtus arvalis-agrestis group Microtus oeconomus (Pallas)... 

In 1991, five years after the accident, a female root vole (Microtus oeconomus) with an abnormal karyotype (reciprocal translocation) was found within the 30-km radius of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. These chromosomal aberrations were probably inherited and did not affect the viability of vole populations. Population density of Chernobyl rodents in 1988-89 was about twice that predicted from previous cycles, and was attributed, in part, to increasing radioresistance and abundance of their food supplies. In 1994-95, the diversity and abundance of the small mammal population (12 species of rodents) at the most radioactive sites at Chernobyl were the same as reference sites. Rodents from the most radioactive areas did not show gross morphological features other than enlargement of the spleen. There were no gross chromosomal... 

Prairie vole, Micropterus ochrogaster, 505 Root vole, Microtus oeconomus, 703... 

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