Growing out of a caste - Reproduction and the making of the queen mole-rat

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-268

  Henry, Erin C ^a   Dengler Crish, Christine M ^b   Catania, Kenneth C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Bone; Eusocial; Lumbar; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLE RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MOLE RATS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPINE;

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; RATTUS;

EID: 33847038381     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02631     Document Type: Article

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