Genetic relatedness discrimination in eusocial Cryptomys anselli mole-rats, Bathyergidae, Rodentia

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-278

  Heth, Giora ^a   Todrank, Josephine ^a   Begall, Sabine ^b   Wegner, Regina E ^b   Burda, Hynek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Individual odours; Kin recognition; Recognition mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; KIN RECOGNITION; ODOR; RELATEDNESS; RODENT;

BATHYERGIDAE; COETOMYS ANSELLI; CRYPTOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 8744236174     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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