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| Title |
Breeding status and social environment differentially affect the expression of sex steroid receptor and aromatase mRNA in the brain of female Damaraland mole-rats
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Zoology, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1742-9994-11-38 |
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| Authors |
Cornelia Voigt, Manfred Gahr, Stefan Leitner, Heike Lutermann, Nigel Bennett |
| Abstract |
The Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis) is a eusocial, subterranean mammal, which exhibits an extreme reproductive skew with a single female (queen) monopolizing reproduction in each colony. Non-reproductive females in the presence of the queen are physiologically suppressed to the extent that they are anovulatory. This blockade is thought to be caused by a disruption in the normal gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion from the hypothalamus. In order to understand the underlying physiological mechanisms of reproductive suppression in subordinate females we studied the expression of steroid hormone receptors and the androgen-converting enzyme aromatase in forebrain regions involved in the control of reproductive behaviour in female breeders and non-breeders from intact colonies. Additionally, we included in our analysis females that experienced the release from social suppression by being removed from the presence of the queen. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 35 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 26% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Researcher | 4 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 6 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 43% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 14% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 8 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 May 2014.
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