Dispersal and new colony formation in wild naked mole-rats: Evidence against inbreeding as the system of mating

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-12

  Braude, Stanton ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Eusociality; Heterocephalus glaber; Inbreeding; Naked mole rat

Indexed keywords

COLONY FOUNDING; DISPERSAL; EUSOCIALITY; INBREEDING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT;

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER;

EID: 0034057002     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.1.7     Document Type: Article

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