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Montazid, Shamir; Bandyopadhyay, Sheila; Hart, Daniel William; Gao, Nan; Johnson, Brian; Thrumurthy, Sri G.; Penn, Dustin J.; Wernisch, Bettina; Bansal, Mukesh; Altrock, Philipp M.; Rost, Fabian; Gazinska, Patrycja; Ziolkowski, Piotr; Hayee, Bu’Hussain; Liu, Yue; Han, Jiangmeng; Tessitore, Annamaria; Koth, Jana; Bodmer, Walter F.; East, James E.; Bennett, Nigel C.; Tomlinson, Ian; Irshad, Shazia (Nature Research, 2023-12-20)The naked mole rat (NMR), Heterocephalus glaber, the longest-living rodent, provides a unique opportunity to explore how evolution has shaped adult stem cell (ASC) activity and tissue function with increasing lifespan. ...
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Bennett, Nigel Charles (Zoological Society of Southern Africa, 2009-10)The African mole-rats of the family Bathyergidae are an excellent model group of mammals for undertaking physiological research. The wide spectrum of social organizations, coupled with their underground lifestyles, make ...
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Park, Thomas J.; Smith, Ewan St. J.; Reznick, Jane; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Applegate, Daniel T.; Larson, John; Lewin, Gary R. (Springer, 2021-08)Please read abstract in the article.
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Wolf, Tanja Esther; Schaebs, F.S.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Burroughs, Richard E.J.; Ganswindt, Andre (Elsevier, 2018-01)In many mammal species, androgen levels in males are elevated during periods of mating activity, often to facilitate aggressive behavior between males over access to fertile females. However, this pattern might be less ...
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Majelantle, Tshepiso Lesedi; Ganswindt, Andre; Pirk, Christian Walter Werner; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Hart, Daniel William (MDPI, 2022-11-09)Animal personality traits (consistent behavioral differences between individuals in their behavior across time and/or situation) affect individual fitness through facets, such as dispersal. In eusocial naked mole-rat ...
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Zottl, Markus; Vullioud, Philippe; Goddard, Katy; Torrents-Tico, Miquel; Gaynor, David; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Clutton-Brock, Tim H. (Elsevier, 2018-09)In Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis), non-breeding subordinates contribute to the care of offspring born to the breeding pair in their group by carrying and retrieving young to the nest. In social mole-rats and ...
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O’Brien, Kelsey A.; Waterman, Jane M.; Bennett, Nigel Charles (Oxford University Press, 2021-02)Alternative reproductive tactics occur when conspecifics of the same sex use different behavioral processes to maximize reproductive success. Resource availability can have significant impacts on the proximate factors ...
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Manger, Paul R.; Patzke, Nina; Spocter, Muhammad A.; Bhagwandin, Adhil; Karlsson, Karl Æ.; Bertelsen, Mads F.; Alagaili, Abdulaziz N.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Mohammed, Osama B.; Herculano‑Houzel, Suzana; Hof, Patrick R.; Fuxe, Kjell (Nature Research, 2021-03-09)To elucidate factors underlying the evolution of large brains in cetaceans, we examined 16 brains from 14 cetartiodactyl species, with immunohistochemical techniques, for evidence of non-shivering thermogenesis. We show ...
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Medger, Katarina; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Chimimba, Christian Timothy; Oosthuizen, Maria Kathleen; Mikkelsen, Jens D.; Coen, Clive W. (Wiley, 2018-10)Of the 18 sub‐Saharan elephant‐shrew species, only eastern rock elephant‐shrews reproduce seasonally throughout their distribution, a process seemingly independent of photoperiod. The present study characterizes gonadal ...
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Wilson, Rory P.; Rose, Kayleigh A.; Gunner, Richard; Holton, Mark D.; Marks, Nikki J.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Bell, Stephen H.; Twining, Joshua P.; Hesketh, Jamie; Duarte, Carlos M.; Bezodis, Neil; Jezek, Milos; Painter, Michael; Silovsky, Vaclav; Crofoot, Margaret C.; Harel, Roi; Arnould, John P.Y.; Allan, Blake M.; Whisson, Desley A.; Alagaili, Abdulaziz; Scantlebury, D. Michael (Royal Society, 2021-10)Animal-attached devices have transformed our understanding of vertebrate ecology. To minimize any associated harm, researchers have long advocated that tag masses should not exceed 3% of carrier body mass. However, this ...
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Davimes, Joshua G.; Alagaili, Abdulaziz N.; Gravett, Nadine; Bertelsen, Mads F.; Mohammed, Osama B.; Ismail, Khairy; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Manger, Paul R. (Sage, 2016-08)The Arabian oryx inhabits an environment where summer ambient temperatures can exceed 40 °C for extended periods of time. While the oryx uses a suite of adaptations that aid survival, the effects of this extreme environment ...
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De Bruin, Phillippus Rudolf; Medger, Katarina; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Ganswindt, Andre (Zoological Society of Southern Africa, 2014-04)For spiny mice, detailed long-term data on reproductive endocrine function is lacking, as limited blood volumes make frequent collections of individual plasma samples for hormone monitoring impractical. To provide the ...
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Webster, Andrea B.; Rossouw, Riana; Javier Callealta, F.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Ganswindt, Andre (Elsevier, 2021-03)The savannah biome supports unique biodiversity and provides a multitude of ecosystem services. Defining background concentrations for trace elements in the environment is beneficial for the determination of nutrient ...
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Cronje, Nadine; Schwartz, Ilan S.; Retief, Liezl; Bastos, Armanda D.S.; Matthee, Sonja; Preiser, Wolfgang; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Maphanga, Tsidiso; Govender, Nelesh P.; Colebunders, Robert; Kenyon, Chris (Oxford University Press, 2018-06)The ecological niche of Emergomyces africanus (formerly Emmonsia species), a dimorphic fungus that causes an AIDS-related mycosis in South Africa, is unknown. We hypothesized that natural infection with E. africanus occurs ...
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Hatyoka, Luiza M.; Brettschneider, Helene; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Kleynhans, Dewald J.; Muteka, Sachariah Penda; Bastos, Armanda D.S. (Elsevier, 2019-09)Bartonellosis is a vector-borne disease that is often misdiagnosed due to a broad range of clinical symptoms, compounded by a lack of awareness regarding the prevalence, diversity and public health impacts of regional ...
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Bartonellae of the Namaqua rock mouse, Micaelamys namaquensis (Rodentia : Muridae) from South Africa Brettschneider, Helene; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Chimimba, Christian Timothy; Bastos, Armanda D.S. (Elsevier, 2012-05)The aim of this study was to determine Bartonella prevalence and diversity in Namaqua rock mice, Micaelamys namaquensis, a species endemic to South Africa, which can attain pest status. A total of 100 heart samples ...
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Wallace, Kyra Mary Elizabeth; Hart, Daniel William; Venter, Francois; Janse van Vuuren, Andries K.; Bennett, Nigel Charles (Royal Society, 2023-08)Co-operatively breeding mammals often exhibit a female reproductive skew and suppression of the subordinate non-breeding group members. According to evolutionary theory and the immunity–fertility axis, an inverse relationship ...
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Sumbera, R.; Uhrova, M.; Begall, S.; Caspar, K.R.; Jerkovicova, D.; Van Daele, P.; Chitaukali, W.N.; Faulkes, Chris G.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Johannes, C.; Burda, H.; Mikula, O. (Springer, 2023-09)The Mashona mole-rat, Fukomys darlingi (Thomas, 1895), is a little studied social African mole-rat (Bathyergidae) from south-astern Africa. Here, we present an integrative study characterizing the genetic diversity of ...
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Bateman, Philip W.; Bennett, Nigel Charles (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)Many evolutionary biologists argue that human sexual behaviour can be studied in exactly the same way as that of other species. Many sociologists argue that social influences effectively obscure, and are more important ...
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Kraus, Andrea; Lovy, Matej; Mikula, Ondrej; Okrouhlik, Jan; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Herrel, Anthony; Sumbera, Radim (Wiley, 2022-09)Bite force is an ecologically relevant performance trait that has been measured to better understand the adaptations to diet and habitat use. Moreover, bite force is relevant in understanding reproductive success, as well ...
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