Cessation of reproduction-related spine elongation after multiple breeding cycles in female naked mole-rats

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-137

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

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eusocial; Lactation; Longitudinal bone growth; Lumbar vertebrae; Pregnancy; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MOLE RATS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SPINE;

EID: 60149085225     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20793     Document Type: Article

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