Social evolution in African mole-rats–a comparative overview

CG Faulkes, NC Bennett - The Extraordinary Biology of the Naked Mole …, 2021 - Springer
The African mole-rat superfamily are a unique group of subterranean rodents that are
remarkable for their adaptations to a subterranean lifestyle and their range in sociality …

Stress in groups: lessons from non-traditional rodent species and housing models

AK Beery, MM Holmes, W Lee, JP Curley - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
A major feature of life in groups is that individuals experience social stressors of varying
intensity and type. Social stress can have profound effects on health, social behavior, and …

Cultural transmission of vocal dialect in the naked mole-rat

AJ Barker, G Veviurko, NC Bennett, DW Hart… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) form some of the most cooperative groups in the
animal kingdom, living in multigenerational colonies under the control of a single breeding …

[BOOK][B] African mole-rats: ecology and eusociality

NC Bennett, CG Faulkes - 2000 - books.google.com
African mole-rats are a unique taxon of subterranean rodents that range in sociality from
solitary-dwelling species to two" eusocial" species, the Damaraland mole-rat and the naked …

The naked mole-rat algorithm

R Salgotra, U Singh - Neural Computing and Applications, 2019 - Springer
This work proposes a new swarm intelligent nature-inspired algorithm called naked mole-rat
(NMR) algorithm. This NMR algorithm mimics the mating patterns of NMRs present in nature …

Successful aging and sustained good health in the naked mole rat: a long-lived mammalian model for biogerontology and biomedical research

YH Edrey, M Hanes, M Pinto, J Mele… - ILAR journal, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Naked mole rats (NMRs; Heterocephalus glaber) are the longest-living rodents
known, with a maximum lifespan of 30 years—5 times longer than expected on the basis of …

[BOOK][B] The Social Biology of Ropalidia Marginata: Toward Understanding the Evolution of Eusociality

R Gadagkar - 2001 - books.google.com
In this book, the biologist Raghavendra Gadagkar focuses on the single species he has
worked on throughout his career. Found throughout southern India, Ropalidia marginata is a …

Spontaneous Histologic Lesions of the Adult Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber) A Retrospective Survey of Lesions in a Zoo Population

MA Delaney, L Nagy, MJ Kinsel… - Veterinary …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Naked mole rats (NMRs; Heterocephalus glaber) are highly adapted, subterranean,
eusocial rodents from semiarid regions of the eastern horn of Africa and the longest-living …

Age, musth and paternity success in wild male African elephants, Loxodonta africana

JA Hollister-Smith, JH Poole, EA Archie, EA Vance… - Animal Behaviour, 2007 - Elsevier
Male African elephants experience intense intrasexual selection in gaining access to
oestrous females, who represent a very scarce and highly mobile resource. An unusual …

The stress of being alone: removal from the colony, but not social subordination, increases fecal cortisol metabolite levels in eusocial naked mole-rats

PD Edwards, SJ Mooney, CO Bosson, I Toor… - Hormones and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In many social species, hierarchical status within the group is associated with differences in
basal adrenocortical activity. We examined this relationship in naked mole-rats …