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Naked Mole-Rats Just Got Even Wackier; Turns Out The Queen Keeps Her Colony Infertile Through Scent
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New research reveals that naked mole-rat queens maintain colony order and suppress the fertility of other females through a specific scent. This discovery sheds light on the complex social structures of these unique, long-lived rodents.
Add ScienceAlert on Google A naked mole-rat queen – the sole breeder in a colony. (Felix Petermann, Max Delbrück Center) Naked mole-rats are wonderfully strange. First off, they're awesomely cute or terrifyingly ugly, depending on your taste, with furless, wrinkly skin and buck teeth.
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