Reproductive suppression in female Damaraland mole-rats Cryptomys damarensis: Dominant control or self-restraint?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1470, 2001, Pages 899-909

  Clarke, F M ^a,b   Miethe, G H ^a   Bennett, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptomys damarensis; Dominant control; Incest avoidance; Mole rat; Reproductive suppression; Self restraint

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COPULATION; CRYPTOMYS DAMARENSIS; FEMALE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CRYPTOMYS DAMARENSIS;

EID: 0035820840     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1426     Document Type: Article

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