INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION AND INCEST AVOIDANCE IN EUSOCIAL COMMON MOLE-RATS RATHER THAN REPRODUCTIVE SUPPRESSION BY PARENTS

被引：84

作者：

BURDA, H ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV FRANKFURT,DEPT MORPHOL,D-60590 FRANKFURT,GERMANY

来源：

EXPERIENTIA | 1995年 / 51卷 / 04期

关键词：

EUSOCIALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUPPRESSION; INCEST AVOIDANCE; INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION; MONOGAMY; MEMORY; SUBTERRANEAN RODENT; MOLE-RAT; CRYPTOMYS; HETEROCEPHALUS;

D O I：

10.1007/BF01928906

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Non-reproductive females in families of eusociaI 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.

引用

页码：411 / 413

页数：3

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