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   Possible modulatory effects of male cues and social system on luteinizing hormone and pituitary sensitivity in two African mole-rats

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: N.C. Bennett --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa H. Lutermann --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa

   The current study set out to investigate the potential effects of olfactory stimuli on the basal circulating levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) and the response of the pituitary to an exogenous gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) challenge in two mole-rat species with...

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   A case of natural queen succession in a captive colony of naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: L. A. van der Westhuizen --- Department of Zoology, South Africa J. U. M. Jarvis --- Department of Zoology, South Africa N. C. Bennett --- Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa

   Naked mole-rats occur in large colonies where usually a single queen monopolizes reproduction. Queen succession occurs from within usually as a result of aggressive encounters with subordinate females that queue for reproductive succession following colony instability, which inevitably results in...

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   Traditional green leafy vegetables as underutilised sources of micronutrients in a rural farming community in south-west Nigeria I: estimation of vitamin C, carotenoids and mineral contents

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Shirley Isibhakhomen Ejoh --- , France Faustina Dufie Wireko-Manu --- , France David Page --- , France Catherine MGC Renard --- , France

   Objective: To determine the micronutrient composition of fresh and boiled traditional green leafy vegetables (TGLVs).

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