The Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat

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This volume brings together more than a decade of information collected in the field and lab on the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), a northeast African mammal unique for its physical characteristics and eusociality. Nearly blind and virtually hairless, naked mole-rats inhabit large subterranean colonies in which only one female and her one

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"This excellent and eagerly awaited book provides a gold-mine of fact and theory on which to base the discussions it will surely stimulate."--Nature "This is a book to ponder and provoke, and it is also a book to create a sense of wonder... overwhelmingly good."--BioScience