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Experientia

Title:		Individual recognition and incest avoidance in eusocial common mole-rats rather than reproductive suppression by parents
Author(s):		Burda H;
Address:		"Department of Morphology, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany"
Journal Title:		Experientia
Year:		1995
Volume:		51
Issue:		4
Page Number:		411 - 413
DOI:		10.1007/BF01928906
ISSN/ISBN:		0014-4754 (Print) 0014-4754 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Non-reproductive females in families of eusocial common mole-rats (Cryptomys sp., Rodentia) are not suppressed by their mother, (either behaviourally or pheromonally) as is generally assumed. They do not mate with their father and brothers simply because they are not sexually attractive for them (and vice versa). The incest avoidance is based on the capability to recognize (and keep in memory for up to three weeks) each family member individually. A 'sterile' daughter may conceive and deliver young in her parental family if given the opportunity to mate with an unfamiliar mate in a separate cage. In this way, two females may breed side by side in one family"
Keywords:		"Animals Copulation Female Incest Male Reproduction/*physiology Rodentia/*physiology *Sexual Behavior, Animal;"
Notes:		"MedlineBurda, H eng Switzerland 1995/04/15 Experientia. 1995 Apr 15; 51(4):411-3. doi: 10.1007/BF01928906"