Pup ontogeny and factors influencing behavioural and morphological variation in naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)

A long term behavioural study was undertaken on laboratory-reared naked mole-rats. The main objective of the study was to provide a detailed qualitative and quantitative description of the behavioural and morphological development of naked mole-rats from birth through to adulthood. This study laid an empirical foundation for the subsequent testing of hypotheses pertaining to within and between colony conflict as well as for a study on the existence of a rare dispersal phenotype within colonies.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Biological Sciences

Year dc:date.issued

1996

Author dc:creator

• O'Riain, Justin

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Jarvis, J U M

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12801

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12801