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

Authors: Phoebe D Edwards, Skyler J Mooney, Curtis O Bosson, Ilapreet Toor, Rupert Palme, Melissa M Holmes, Rudy Boonstra

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: enzyme immunoassay, eusocial, fecal cortisol metabolites, isolation stress, naked mole-rat, social rank, social status, social stress

2020

Subcaste differences in neural activation suggest a prosocial role for oxytocin in eusocial naked mole-rats

Authors: Georgia A. Hathaway, Mariela Faykoo-Martinez, Deane E. Peragine, Skyler J. Mooney, Melissa M. Holmes

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, c-fos, eusocial, naked mole-rat, oxytocin, prosocial, social status, sub-caste

2016

Males do not like the working class: male sexual preference and recognition of functional castes in a primitively eusocial wasp

Authors: F. Cappa, C. Bruschini, R. Cervo, S. Turillazzi, L. Beani

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: caste recognition, cuticular hydrocarbon, male sexual preference, paper wasp, polistes dominula, sexual selection

2013

Spatial learning and memory in African mole-rats: The role of sociality and sex

Authors: Marna S. Costanzo, Nigel C. Bennett, Heike Lutermann

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cryptomys, fukomys damarensis, georychus capensis, sex differences, sociality, spatial learning, spatial memory, species differences

2009

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