Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat ‘queens’ increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity

Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat ‘queens’ increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity

In some mammals and many social insects, highly cooperative societies are characterized by reproductive division of labor, in which breeders and nonbreeders become behaviorally and morphologically distinct. While differences in behavior and growth between breeders and nonbreeders have been extensive...

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Main Authors: Rachel A Johnston, Philippe Vullioud, Jack Thorley, Henry Kirveslahti, Leyao Shen, Sayan Mukherjee, Courtney M Karner, Tim Clutton-Brock, Jenny Tung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-04-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
cooperative breeding
eusociality
gene regulation
skeletal bone
phenotypic plasticity
mole-rat
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/65760

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