Golden hamster stock of hamsters was exported from Syria to the United States in 1971, but apparently none of today's North American pets is descended from these (at least in the female line), because recent mitochondrial DNA studies have established that all domestic golden hamsters are descended from one female – probably the one captured in 1930 in Syria. Since the species was named, the genus "Cricetus" has been subdivided and this species (together with several others) was separated into the genus "Mesocricetus", leading to the currently accepted scientific name for the golden hamster of "Mesocricetus auratus". Following Professor Aharoni's collection in
Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters of spin-offs: "Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters in 3-D" (illustrated by Ty Templeton) ran for four issues in 1986 (also available in non-3D editions); "Clint: Hamster Triumphant" was a two issue series focusing on one of the hamsters; and "Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters Massacre the Japanese Invasion" was a one shot in 1989. The Hamsters also appeared in Total Eclipse and "Naive Inter-Dimensional Commando Koalas". Don Chin went on to write and edit several other parody-themed works using the same style of humor. On March 30, 2007, it was announced that Dynamite Entertainment has the rights to reprint the