ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2018
Reproduction triggers adaptive increases in body size in female mole-rats.
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- Breeding male mole-rats (Fukomys) use strong bites to defend reproductive monopoly.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Workload distribution in wild Damaraland mole-rat groups.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats.Biology letters · 2024Article
- The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current 'myths' in naked mole-rat biology.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022Review
- Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat 'queens' increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity.eLife · 2021Article
- Male immigration triggers increased growth in subordinate female meerkats.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- No task specialization among helpers in Damaraland mole-rats.Animal behaviour · 2018Article
- Reproduction triggers adaptive increases in body size in female mole-rats.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2018Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
In social mole-rats, breeding females are larger and more elongated than non-breeding female helpers. This status-related morphological divergence is thought to arise from modifications of skeletal growth following the death or removal of the previous breeder and the transition of their successors from a non-breeding to a breeding role. However, it is not clear what changes in growth are involved, whether they are stimulated by the relaxation of reproductive suppression or by changes in breeding status, or whether they are associated with fecundity increases. Here, we show that, in captive Damaraland mole-rats (
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