| Title |
Social Structure Predicts Genital Morphology in African Mole-Rats
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0007477 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marianne L. Seney, Diane A. Kelly, Bruce D. Goldman, Radim Šumbera, Nancy G. Forger |
| Abstract |
African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) exhibit a wide range of social structures, from solitary to eusocial. We previously found a lack of sex differences in the external genitalia and morphology of the perineal muscles associated with the phallus in the eusocial naked mole-rat. This was quite surprising, as the external genitalia and perineal muscles are sexually dimorphic in all other mammals examined. We hypothesized that the lack of sex differences in naked mole-rats might be related to their unusual social structure. |
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