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ArticleNature2026

A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal.

Mohammed A Khallaf, Daniel W Hart, Wenhan Luo, Firdevs Murad, Felipe Cybis Pereira, Daniel Mendez-Aranda, Nicole Hagenah, Alice Rossi, Valérie Bégay, Jan Okrouhlík and 11 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Killing behaviors in rodents: from predation to infanticide.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Mohammed A KhallafMolecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation Laboratory, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany. mohammed.khallaf@mdc-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-3858
Daniel W HartDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
Wenhan LuoMolecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation Laboratory, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-8855
Firdevs MuradMolecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation Laboratory, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany.
Felipe Cybis PereiraPhysics for Medicine Paris, INSERM, ESPCI Paris, CNRS, PSL Research University, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6124-0466
Daniel Mendez-ArandaMolecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation Laboratory, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9668-941X
Nicole HagenahDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3864-2469
Alice RossiMolecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation Laboratory, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany.
Valérie BégayMolecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation Laboratory, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9002-4211
Jan OkrouhlíkDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9935-7859
Dietmar KrautwurstLeibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3350-8682
Mungo Kisinza NgalamenoDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy and Pathology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Andre GanswindtDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1474-7602
Alison J BarkerSocial Systems and Circuits Group, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Radim ŠumberaDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Markus KnadenDepartment of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6710-1071
Sophie PezetPhysics for Medicine Paris, INSERM, ESPCI Paris, CNRS, PSL Research University, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3305-3315
Andrew WoehlerHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Bill S HanssonDepartment of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4811-1223
Nigel C BennettMammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9748-2947
Gary R LewinMolecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation Laboratory, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany. glewin@mdc-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2890-6352

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eusociality is exceptionally rare in mammals, and its proximate mechanisms remain poorly understood. Naked mole-rats provide a striking example, with reproduction restricted to a single queen, while all other females remain infertile

Indexed as

FertilityMole RatsMyristatesOdorantsSocial BehaviorAggressionAnimalsCompetitive BehaviorCuesFemaleMaleProgesteroneReproductionSexual Behavior, Animalisopropyl myristateMyristatesProgesterone

Identifiers

PMID42457958
PMCPMC13468116

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