Exposure to non-kin females rapidly affects testicular morphology in non-reproductive male Damaraland mole-rats
Damaraland mole-rats Fukomys damarensis are eusocial subterranean rodentsthat exhibit an extreme reproductive skew with one female and one or two malesbreeding. The non-reproductive individuals in the colony are reproductivelysuppressed, and yet show a rapid initiation of copulatory behaviour (withi...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Published: |
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
2010
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00712.x/abstract http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38797 |