Neuroendocrinology and sexual differentiation in eusocial mammals

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 519-533

  Holmes, Melissa M ^a   Goldman, Bruce D ^b   Goldman, Sharry L ^b   Seney, Marianne L ^a   Forger, Nancy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Damaraland mole rat; Eusociality; Naked mole rat; Reproductive hierarchy; Sex difference; Social status; Social system

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CASTE; ARTICLE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; HORMONE ACTION; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70149108059     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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