Phenotypic plasticity in female naked mole-rats after removal from reproductive suppression

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 4351-4358

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

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Eusocial; Puberty; Reproduction; Social status; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MOLE RAT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOLE RATS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 38149055855     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009399     Document Type: Article

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