Olga V. Zherebtsova

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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0370-3409
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Academic degree: Candidate of Biological Sciences
Academic title: No title
Position: Senior Researcher
E-mail: Olga.Zherebtsova@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (812) 328-13-11, ext. 138
Educational background: Leningrad State University, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, Chair of Vertebrate Zoology, 1980.
Dissertations: “Morpho-biological peculiarities of osseous-muscular system in erinaceids (Erinaceidae, Mammalia).” (PhD)
Research interests: Functional morphology of the osseous-muscular system in mammals, their adaptations and evolution.
Field studies: Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Tajikistan).
Professional membership: Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences, http://therio.ru
Editorial activity: Executive editor of the anniversary issue of the journal “Trudy of ZIN RAS”, 2015, T. 319, No. 3, dedicated to the 90-th anniversary of P.P. Gambaryan.
Pedagogical activity: Member of the Certification Commission for the Protection of Bachelor and Master Theses at St. Petersburg State University
Scientific projects and grants:
  • RFBR № 07-04-00706 “Systematics and phylogeny of the moles (Talpidae) as inferred from morphofunctional data”, 2007-2009.
  • RFBR № 10-04-00973 “Comparative morphological analysis of Laonastes rodent - the living relict from southeast Asia”, 2010-2012.
  • RFBR № 15-04-03688 “Peculiarities of the musculoskeletal system and pathways of its adaptive transformations in rodents of Ctenohystrica”, 2015-2017.
Selected Publications:
  • Chernova O.F., Zherebtsova O.V. 2023. Architecture of vibrissae in eight rodent species of Ctenohystrica (Rodentia): A comparative SEM study // Zoologischer Anzeiger, 307. P. 54–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2023.09.004
  • Chernova O.F., Zherebtsova O.V. 2021. Hair microstructure in some rodent species of Diatomyidae, Ctenodactylidae, and Echimyidae (Ctenohystrica, Rodentia) [Микроструктура волос у некоторых видов грызунов из семейств Diatomyidae, Ctenodactylidae и Echimyidae (Ctenohystrica, Rodentia)]// Zoologischer Anzeiger, Vol. 291. P. 61-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2021.02.006
  • Zherebtsova O., Platonov V. 2020. Evolutionary transformation of the subcutaneous muscle in rodents of Ctenohystrica (Rodentia: Diatomyidae, Ctenodactylidae, and Hystricognathi) [Эволюционные преобразования подкожной мышцы у грызунов клады Ctenohystrica (Rodentia: Diatomyidae, Ctenodactylidae и Hystricognathi)] // Journal of Morphology, Vol. 281(8). P. 923-937. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21221
  • Zherebtsova O.V., Potapova E.G. Pathways and level of morphological adaptations in modern Diatomyidae and Ctenodactylidae (Rodentia) // Biology Bulletin. 2019. Vol. 46, No 7. P. 710-729. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359019070124
  • Zherebtsova O.V. Comparative analysis of the subcutaneous musculature in some hystricomorph rodents (Rodentia: Hystricomorpha) // Russian Journal of Theriology, 2016. Vol. 15, No 2. P. 159-170. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusjtheriol.15.2.08
  • Gambaryan P.P., Zherebtsova O.V., Platonov. V.V. Two directions of specialization in digging in insectivorous mammals (Talpidae, Chrysochloridae) // Proceedings of Zoological Institute of RAS. 2015. Vol. 319, No 3. P. 351-362 (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2015.319.3.351
  • Davydova A.N., Zherebtsova O.V. The subcutaneous muscles of the small mustelids (Carnivora, Mustelidae) // Proceedings of Zoological Institute of RAS. 2015. Vol. 319, No 3. P. 363-377 (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2015.319.3.363
  • Gambaryan P.P., Zherebtsova O.V. Short muscles of the hand and foot in Laonastes aenigmamus and other rock-dwellers // Russian Journal of Theriology. 2014. Vol. 13, No 2. P. 83-95. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusjtheriol.13.2.04
  • Gambaryan P.P., Zherebtsova O.V., Perepelova A.A. Comparative analysis of forelimb musculature in Laonastes aenigmamus (Rodentia, Diatomyidae) // Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. 2013. Vol. 317, No 3. P. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2013.317.3.226
  • Zherebtsova O.V. The auricle muscles in the relict rodent Laonastes aenigmamus (Rodentia: Diatomyidae) // Proceedings of Zoological Institute of RAS. 2012. Vol. 316, No 3. P. 273-281. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2012.316.3.273
  • Gambaryan P.P., Zherebtsova O.V., Platonov. V.V., Perepelova A.A. The structure and functions of m. flexor digitorum profundus in burrowing mammals // Zoological Journal. 2011. Vol. 90, No 10. P. 1255-1267 (In Russian).
  • Gambaryan P.P., Zherebtsova O.V., Platonov. V.V. Convergent development of subcutaneous muscles in moles and gold moles // Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii. 2010. Vol. 71, No 3. P. 163-175 (In Russian).
  • Gambaryan P.P., Zherebtsova O.V., Perepelova A.A., Platonov V.V. Pes muscles and their action in giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactila (Myrmecophagidae, Pilosa) compared with other plantigrade mammals // Russian Journal of Theriology. 2009. Vol. 8, No 1. P. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusjtheriol.08.1.01
  • Zherebtsova O.V. Morphofunctional interpretation of the quills stridulating in tenrecs (Lipotyphla, Tenrecidae) // Russian Journal of Theriology, 2006. Vol. 5, No 1. P. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusjtheriol.05.1.01
  • Gambaryan P.P., Zherebtsova O.V., Platonov V.V. Morphofunctional analysis of the cervical-thoracic region in some burrowing mammals // Russian Journal of Theriology, 2005. Vol. 4, No 1. P. 13-41. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusjtheriol.04.1.02
  • Zherebtsova O.V. Features of muscles of the cheek pouches of the Daurian gopher (Spermophilus dauricus Brandt). In: Theriological investigations. St. Petersburg. 2004. Issue 5. P. 3-10 (In Russian).
  • Gambaryan P.P., Zherebtsova O.V., Platonov V.V. Adaptive alterations of the axial skeleton and muscles in some burrowing mammals // Proceedings of Zoological Institute of RAS. 2004. Vol. 300. P. 69-76.
  • Zherebtsova O.V. Comparative morphological analysis of the hind limbs muscles of hedgehogs (Erinaceidae, Insectivora) // Zoological Journal. 2003. Vol. 82, No. 1. P. 81-93 (In Russian).
  • Zherebtsova O.V. Mechanisms of spine mobility in common, Tenrec ecaudatus and striped, Hemicentetes semispinosus tenrecs (Insectivora, Tenrecidae). In: Theriological investigations. St. Petersburg. 2003. Issue 2. P. 139-147 (In Russian).
  • Zherebtsova O.V. Comparative morphological analysis of the forelimbs muscles of hedgehogs (Erinaceidae, Insectivora) // Zoological Journal. 2001. Vol. 80, No 5. P. 586-598 (In Russian).
  • Zherebtsova O.V. Spiny cover and defense strategy of mammals // Trudy Zool. Inst. Ross. Acad. Nauk. 2000. № 286. P. 169-174.
  • Zherebtsova O.V. Some features of the reproduction and postnatal development of hedgehogs: Erinaceus concolor, Hemiechinus auritus, H. hypomelas (Insectivora, Erinaceidae) // Zoological Journal. 1992. Vol. 71, No. 2. P. 74-85 (In Russian).
  • Zherebtsova O.V. Facial muscles of hedgehogs (Erinaceidae). In: Morphology of mammals and problems of locomotion // Trudy Zool. Inst., USSR Academy of Sciences. 1990. Vol. 215. P. 38-63 (In Russian).
  • Gambaryan P.P., Zherebtsova O.V. Pathways of transformation of the subcutaneous muscles in connection with the appearance of a spine cover in insectivores (Insectivora: Erinaceidae, Tenrecidae) // Communication 1. Zoological Journal. 1988. Vol. 67, No. 1. P. 79-89; Communication 2. Ibid. Vol. 67, No. 2. P. 189-199 (In Russian).
  • Zherebtsova O.V. On the transformation of the subcutaneous muscles in connection with adaptation to passive protection in hedgehogs (Insectivora, Erinaceidae) // Zoological Journal. 1985. Vol. 64, No 12. P. 1868-1872 (In Russian).
  • Zherebtsova O.V. Materials on the biology of the eared hedgehog Erinaceus (Hemiechinus) auritus (Insectivora, Erinaceidae) in the Zaunguz Karakum // Zoological Journal. 1982. Vol. 61. No 3. С. 411-418 (In Russian).