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Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat 'queens' increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity.
Rachel A Johnston, Philippe Vullioud, Jack Thorley, Henry Kirveslahti, Leyao Shen, Sayan Mukherjee, Courtney M Karner, Tim Clutton-Brock, Jenny Tung
Jul 09, 2021
In some mammals and many social insects, highly cooperative societies are characterized by reproductive division of labor, in which breeders and nonbreeders become behaviorally and morphologically distinct. While differences in...
Chromosomes cooperative breeding eusociality evolutionary biology Gene Expression Gene regulation mole-rat phenotypic plasticity skeletal bone Age Factors Animals Biological Evolution Bone Development Cooperative Behavior Femur Fertility Gene Expression Regulation Genome Lumbar Vertebrae Mole Rats Sex Factors Sexual Behavior Animal Social Behavior
Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat ‘queens’ increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity
Rachel A Johnston, Philippe Vullioud, Jack Thorley, Henry Kirveslahti, Leyao Shen, Sayan Mukherjee, Courtney M Karner, Tim Clutton-Brock, Jenny Tung
May 07, 2021