Kinship structure and mating system in a solitary subterranean rodent, the silvery mole-rat

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68081766:_____/10:00335104

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Kinship structure and mating system in a solitary subterranean rodent, the silvery mole-rat

Original language description

The African mole-rats are subterranean rodents that have evolved a wide range of social organisations. Due to some unusual features of their breeding and social systems, much attention has been focussed on social species, with solitary species being virtually ignored. Here, we present the first genetic study on the mating system of any solitary mole-rats, the silvery mole-rat. Microsatellites were used to analyse the mating system and the kinship structure. Isolation by distance between individuals wasapparent in two studied populations, but not in the third, probably as a result of barriers limiting dispersal. Polygyny was found to be a mating system in this population with a strongly female-biased adult sex ratio. Large distances between the burrowsystems of mating partners exclude the possibility of belowground searching for mates, suggesting that the males might seek females above ground. Interestingly, among analysed litters, one multiple-sired litter was found.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EB - Genetics and molecular biology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/IAA601410802" target="_blank" >IAA601410802: Biology of African mole-rats from mesic tropic areas.</a><br>

Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2010

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

ISSN

0340-5443

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Volume of the periodical

64

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5 (2010)

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000275631100006

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