Queen Odor Mediates Reproductive Suppression in Eusocial Mammals
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SydsvenskanThe strange East African bald rat lives in colonies that resemble the societies of social insects. Now, researchers have discovered that the dominant female in the colony makes other females infertile through a scent.
Nude mules are highly interesting for science: they live together in complex colonies, are cancer-resistant and have an extreme pain insensitivity. Now there are new insights on how peace and harmony are maintained in living together.
There is strict order in the subterranean court of the nudist mulle. Researchers have discovered with what surprising trick the queen secures her supremacy.
Queen Odor Mediates Reproductive Suppression in Eusocial Mammals
Naked mole-rats have long puzzled biologists with their striking eusocial structure, where most adults remain reproductively suppressed while a queen controls the colony’s future. Now, a new study identifies a chemical “queen odour” that links social status to endocrine control, revealing a mammalian analogue to insect queen pheromones. The molecule, termed IPM, is enriched by […]
Nudist mulls form states with a queen at the top. But for a long time it was puzzling how they secure their sole domination. Now Berlin researchers have enlightened the mysteryHoney bees, ants, wasps, termites – and nudist mulls: they all live in states ruled by a queen. But as different as the species are, an unwritten law seems to determine that only the queen is increasing in one state. The workers take care of the offspring without producing…
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