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Molecular insight into patterns of colony composition and paternity in the common mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2004
Bishop J M, Jarvis J U M, Spinks A C, Bennett N C, O'Ryan C
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We report the discovery of intraspecific variation in both colony composition and patterns of paternity in two populations of the social common mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus. These two populations represent the mesic and arid habitat extremes of the species' broad ecological range in South Africa. Until recently colonies of the common mole-rat were thought to consist of familial groups whereby all...
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