Reproductive suppression and the seasonality of reproduction in the social Natal mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 236-240

  Oosthuizen, M K ^a,b   Bennett, N C ^a   Lutermann, H ^a   Coen, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominant; GnRH; LH; Mole rat; Seasonal reproduction; Subordinate

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 54549086827     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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