queen mole rat- an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. ...
Related to naked mole rat:queen mole rat naked mole rat,name applied to a species (Heterocephalus glaber) of smallrodentsfound in E Africa, whose members—the only hairless rodents—live entirely in underground communities of 80 or more individuals with a structure resembling that of social-insect...
NAKED MOLE RAT QUEEN RULES WITH A HARD HEADK. O. DAWES
queen is head of the colony and is the only member to breed. She has approximately ten pups per litter and about four litters per year. The mole rats divide up the specialized chores, such as collecting food, disposing of waste, and digging tunnels. The colonies have extensive tunnel ...
Fig. 6: Leave-one-out estimates of DNAm age (yaxis) colored by queen status. The chronological age (xaxis, in units of years) at the time of the sample collection. Dots are labeled by sex (female or male) and colored by queen status: red, queen; black, nonbreeding female, male or...
Naked mole rats are rodents, but they live in communities like those of many insects. Several dozen rats live together in colonies led by one dominant rat—the queen. As in some insect species, the queen is the only naked mole rat female to breed and bear young. ...
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When a queen dies, another female will fill the role but it isn’t an automatic passing down of a title. Sometimes the competition is so fierce that violent struggles can ensue until a victor is clearly decided. 14. The Naked Mole-Rat reproductive cycle is short. ...
A typical naked mole-rat can grow as large as 4.3 inches, not including its tail, and weigh up to 2.5 ounces. The largest documented naked mole-rat weighed about 3 ounces. Breeding naked mole-rats are much larger than non-breeding members of the colony, and the queen is usually the lar...
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Japan has found evidence suggesting that female worker naked mole rats become more maternal after consuming their queen's feces. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy