Pocket gophers<span> and </span>their<span> ecological cognates worldwide </span>have<span> profound impacts on </span>ecosystems<span>, from consuming vegetation to altering the soil physically. The rodents excavate vast burrow systems and deposit tailings in abandoned tunnels and on the ground surface.</span>
<span>A 3 year old African American girl who has a one month history of loss of appetite andd abdominal pain who has had x-rays that show a mass with multiple calcifications would likely be diagnosed with Nephroblastoma or Wilms Tumor which would likely be associated with Denys-Drash syndrome due to wrist symptoms.</span>