Naked Mole Rat

The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Other Rodents

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1055-1074

  Buffenstein, Rochelle ^a   Park, Thomas ^b   Hanes, Martha ^a   Artwohl, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; Batherygidae; diseases; health; Heterocephalus glaber; naked mole rat; physiology; reproduction; uses in research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882879630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380920-9.00045-6     Document Type: Chapter

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