Publications: Dr Christopher Faulkes

Merchant HN, Hart DW, Bennett NC, van Vuuren AKJ, Freeman MT, McKechnie AE, Faulkes CG, Mordaunt ND et al. ( 2024 ) . Evolutionary shifts in the thermal biology of a subterranean mammal: the effect of habitat aridity . Journal of Experimental Biology

Merchant HN, Ivanova A, Hart DW, García C, Bennett NC, Portugal SJ, Faulkes CG ( 2024 ) . Patterns of Genetic Diversity and Gene Flow Associated With an Aridity Gradient in Populations of Common Mole-rats, Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus . Genome Biology and Evolution vol. 16 , ( 7 )

Merchant HN, Portugal SJ, Bennett NC, van Vuuren AKJ, Faulkes CG, Bowen J, Hart DW ( 2024 ) . New insights into morphological adaptation in common mole‐rats (Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus) along an aridity gradient . Ecology and Evolution vol. 14 , ( 4 )

Faulkes CG, Eykyn TR, Miljkovic JL, Gilbert JD, Charles RL, Prag HA, Patel N, Hart DW et al. ( 2024 ) . Naked mole-rats have distinctive cardiometabolic and genetic adaptations to their underground low-oxygen lifestyles . Nature Communications vol. 15 , ( 1 )

Faulkes CG ( 2024 ) . The naked mole‐rat ( Heterocephalus glaber ) . The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals , Wiley

Lu AT, Fei Z, Haghani A, Robeck TR, Zoller JA, Li CZ, Lowe R, Yan Q et al. ( 2023 ) . Author Correction: Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues . Nature Aging vol. 3 , ( 11 ) 1462 - 1462 .

Haghani A, Li CZ, Robeck TR, Zhang J, Lu AT, Ablaeva J, Acosta-Rodríguez VA, Adams DM et al. ( 2023 ) . DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits . Science vol. 381 , ( 6658 )

Lu AT, Fei Z, Haghani A, Robeck TR, Zoller JA, Li CZ, Lowe R, Yan Q et al. ( 2023 ) . Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues . Nature Aging vol. 3 , ( 9 ) 1144 - 1166 .

Šumbera R, Uhrová M, Begall S, Caspar KR, Jerkovičová D, Van Daele P, Chitaukali WN, Faulkes CG et al. ( 2023 ) . The biology of an isolated Mashona mole-rat population from southern Malawi, with implications for the diversity and biogeography of the genus Fukomys . Organisms Diversity & Evolution

Jacobs PJ, Hart DW, Merchant HN, van Vuuren AKJ, Faulkes CG, Portugal SJ, Van Jaarsveld B, Bennett NC ( 2022 ) . Tissue Oxidative Ecology along an Aridity Gradient in a Mammalian Subterranean Species . Antioxidants vol. 11 , ( 11 )

Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, Voigt C ( 2022 ) . Socially Induced Infertility in Naked and Damaraland Mole-Rats: A Tale of Two Mechanisms of Social Suppression . Animals vol. 12 , ( 21 )

Gilbert JD, Brindle M, Faulkes CG ( 2022 ) . Anecdotal observation of a sexual encounter between two male naked mole-rats . Behaviour vol. 159 , ( 11 ) 1087 - 1099 .

Fatima I, Chen G, Botchkareva NV, Sharov AA, Thornton D, Wilkinson HN, Hardman MJ, Grutzkau A et al. ( 2022 ) . Skin Aging in Long-Lived Naked Mole-Rats Is Accompanied by Increased Expression of Longevity-Associated and Tumor Suppressor Genes . Journal of Investigative Dermatology vol. 142 , ( 11 ) 2853 - 2863.e4 .

Gilbert JD, Rossiter SJ, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG ( 2022 ) . The elusive role of prolactin in the sociality of the naked mole-rat . Hormones and Behavior vol. 143 , 105196 - 105196 .

Savina A, Jaffredo T, Saldmann F, Faulkes CG, Moguelet P, Leroy C, Marmol DD, Codogno P et al. ( 2022 ) . Single-cell transcriptomics reveals age-resistant maintenance of cell identities, stem cell compartments and differentiation trajectories in long-lived naked mole-rats skin . Aging vol. 14 , ( 9 ) 3728 - 3756 .

Horvath S, Haghani A, Macoretta N, Ablaeva J, Zoller JA, Li CZ, Zhang J, Takasugi M et al. ( 2021 ) . DNA methylation clocks tick in naked mole rats but queens age more slowly than nonbreeders . Nature Aging1 - 14 .

Buffenstein R, Amoroso V, Andziak B, Avdieiev S, Azpurua J, Barker AJ, Bennett NC, Brieño‐Enríquez MA et al. ( 2021 ) . The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current ‘myths’ in naked mole‐rat biology . Biological Reviews vol. 97 , ( 1 ) 115 - 140 .

Torrillas de la Cal A, Paniagua-Torija B, Arevalo-Martin A, Faulkes CG, Jiménez AJ, Ferrer I, Molina-Holgado E, Garcia-Ovejero D ( 2021 ) . The Structure of the Spinal Cord Ependymal Region in Adult Humans Is a Distinctive Trait among Mammals . Cells vol. 10 , ( 9 ) 2235 - 2235 .

Coen CW, Bennett NC, Holmes MM, Faulkes CG ( 2021 ) . Neuropeptidergic and Neuroendocrine Systems Underlying Eusociality and the Concomitant Social Regulation of Reproduction in Naked Mole-Rats: A Comparative Approach . Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology vol. 1319 , 59 - 103 .

Faulkes CG, Bennett NC ( 2021 ) . Social Evolution in African Mole-Rats – A Comparative Overview . Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology vol. 1319 , 1 - 33 .

Clare EL, Economou CK, Faulkes CG, Gilbert JD, Bennett F, Drinkwater R, Littlefair JE ( 2021 ) . eDNAir: proof of concept that animal DNA can be collected from air sampling . PeerJ vol. 9 ,

Leonida SRL, Bennett NC, Leitch AR, Faulkes CG ( 2020 ) . Patterns of telomere length with age in African mole-rats: New insights from quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridisation (qFISH) . PeerJ vol. 8 ,

Gilbert JD, Rossiter SJ, Faulkes CG ( 2020 ) . The relationship between individual phenotype and the division of labour in naked mole-rats: it’s complicated . PeerJ vol. 8 ,

La Rosa C, Cavallo F, Pecora A, Chincarini M, Ala U, Faulkes CG, Nacher J, Cozzi B et al. ( 2020 ) . Phylogenetic variation in cortical layer II immature neuron reservoir of mammals . eLife vol. 9 ,

Lowe R, Danson AF, Rakyan VK, Yildizoglu S, Saldmann F, Viltard M, Friedlander G, Faulkes CG ( 2020 ) . DNA methylation clocks as a predictor for ageing and age estimation in naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber . Aging vol. 12 ,

Faulkes CG, Faulkner SC ( 2020 ) . Steven Clive Le Comber (19 June 1966-14 September 2019) OBITUARY . Journal of Zoology

Cox PG, Faulkes CG, Bennett NC ( 2020 ) . Masticatory musculature of the African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) . PeerJ vol. 2020 , ( 3 )

Faulkes CG, Eykyn TR, Aksentijevic D ( 2019 ) . Cardiac metabolomic profile of the naked mole-rat-glycogen to the rescue . Biology Letters vol. 15 , ( 11 ) 20190710 - 20190710 .

Mgrditchian-Griffo T, Faulkes CGF, Thornton ST, Shanahan CS, Hayward RH, Li ZL, Cruickshank KC, Regnault VR et al. ( 2019 ) . P6495Role of vascular smooth muscles cells in naked mole rats during ageing (Heterocephalus glaber) . European Heart Journal vol. 40 , ( Supplement_1 )

Faulkes CG, Elmore JS, Baines DA, Fenton B, Simmons NB, Clare EL ( 2019 ) . Chemical characterisation of potential pheromones from the shoulder gland of the Northern yellow-shouldered-bat, Sturnira parvidens (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) . PeerJ vol. 7 , Article e7734 , e7734 - e7734 .

Mgrditchian-Griffo T, Faulkes CGF, Thornton ST, Shanahan CS, Hayward RH, Li ZL, Cruickshank KC, Regnault VR et al. ( 2019 ) . Role of vascular smooth muscles cells in naked mole rats during ageing (Heterocephalus glaber) . EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL . vol. 40 , 4091 - 4091 .

Davies KTJ, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, Rossiter SJ ( 2018 ) . Limited Evidence for Parallel Molecular Adaptations Associated with the Subterranean Niche in Mammals: A Comparative Study of Three Superorders . Molecular Biology and Evolution vol. 35 , ( 10 ) 2544 - 2559 .

Faulkes CG ( 2018 ) . Bees - the experimental umwelt of honeybees: Cognition in eusocial naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) . Field and Laboratory Methods in Animal Cognition: A Comparative Guide ,

Bennett NC, Ganswindt A, Ganswindt SB, Jarvis JUM, Zoettl M, FAULKES CG ( 2018 ) . Evidence for contrasting roles for prolactin in eusocial naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber and Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis . Biology Letters

LOWE R, BARTON C, Jenkins C, Ernst C, Forman O, Fernandez-Twinn D, Bock C, ROSSITER S et al. ( 2018 ) . Ageing-associated DNA methylation dynamics are a molecular readout of lifespan variation amongst mammalian species . Genome Biology vol. 19 , Article 22 ,

Archer EK, Bennett NC, Junker K, Faulkes CG, Lutermann H ( 2017 ) . THE DISTRIBUTION OF GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES IN TWO POPULATIONS OF COMMON MOLE-RATS (CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS HOTTENTOTUS) . Journal of Parasitology

Faulkes CG, Abbott DH, Liddell CE, George LM, Jarvis JUM ( 2017 ) . 14. Hormonal and Behavioral Aspects of Reproductive Suppression in Female Naked Mole-Rats . The Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat , De Gruyter

FAULKES CG, Mgode GF, Archer E, Bennett NC ( 2017 ) . Relic populations of Fukomys mole-rats in Tanzania: description of two new species F. livingstoni sp. nov and F. hanangensis sp. nov . PeerJ ( 5:e3214 )

Stoll EA, Karapavlovic N, Woodmass M, Rosa H, Rygiel K, White K, Turnbull TM, FAULKES CG ( 2016 ) . Naked mole-rats maintain healthy skeletal muscle and Complex IV mitochondrial enzyme function into old age . Aging vol. 8 , ( 12 ) 3468 - 3485 .

Omerbasic D, Smith ESJ, Moroni M, Homfeld J, Eigenbrod O, Bennett NC, Reznick J, FAULKES CG et al. ( 2016 ) . Hypofunctional TrkA accounts for the absence of pain sensitization in the African naked mole-rat . Cell Reports vol. 17 , 748 - 758 .

Borghesan M, Fusilli C, Rappa F, Panebianco C, Rizzo G, Oben JA, Mazzoccoli G, Faulkes C et al. ( 2016 ) . DNA Hypomethylation and Histone Variant macroH2A1 Synergistically Attenuate Chemotherapy-Induced Senescence to Promote Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression . Cancer Research vol. 76 , ( 3 ) 594 - 606 .

Brohus M, Gorbunova V, FAULKES CG, Overgaard MT, Conova CA ( 2015 ) . The Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in the Long-Lived Naked Mole-Rat . PLoS One vol. 10 , ( 12 ) 1 - 17 .

Faulkes CG, Bennett NC ( 2015 ) . Damaraland and naked mole-rats: Convergence of social evolution . Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates , Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Coen CW, Kalamatianos T, Oosthuizen MK, Poorun R, Faulkes CG, Bennett NC ( 2015 ) . Sociality and the Telencephalic Distribution of Corticotrophin Releasing Factor (CRF), Urocortin 3 and Binding Sites for CRF Type 1 and Type 2 Receptors: A Comparative Study of Eusocial Naked Mole-Rats and Solitary Cape Mole-Rats . Journal of Comparative Neurology vol. 523 , 2344 - 2371 .

FAULKES CG, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ, Bennett NC ( 2015 ) . Molecular evolution of the hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) gene in mammals: implications for adaptations to the subterranean niche and cancer resistance . Biology Letters vol. 11 , ( 5 )

Sichilima AM, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG ( 2015 ) . Field evidence for colony size and aseasonality of breeding and in Ansell’s mole-rat, Fukomys anselli (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) . African Zoology vol. 46 , ( 2 ) 334 - 339 .

Archer EK, Bennett NC, FAULKES CG, Lutermann H ( 2015 ) . Digging for answers: contributions of density- and frequency-dependent factors on ectoparasite burden in a social mammal . Oecologia

Davies KTJ, Bennett NC, Tsagkogeorga G, Rossiter SJ, FAULKES CG ( 2015 ) . Family-wide molecular adaptations to underground life in African mole-rats revealed by phylogenomic analysis . Molecular Biology and Evolution

Faulkes CG, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ, Bennett NC ( 2015 ) . Molecular evolution of the hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) gene in mammals: implications for adaptations to the subterranean niche and cancer resistance . Biology Letters vol. 11 , ( 5 ) Article 20150185 ,

Brohus M, Gorbunova V, Faulkes CG, Overgaard MT, Conover CA ( 2015 ) . The Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in the Long-Lived Naked Mole-Rat . PLoS One vol. 10 , ( 12 )

Davies KTJ, Tsagkogeorga G, Bennett NC, Dávalos LM, Faulkes CG, Rossiter SJ ( 2014 ) . Molecular evolution of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptors in long-lived, small-bodied mammals . Gene vol. 549 , ( 2 ) 228 - 236 .

Hone DWE, FAULKES CG ( 2014 ) . A proposed framework for establishing and evaluating hypotheses about the behaviour of extinct organisms . JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY vol. 292 , ( 4 ) 260 - 267 .

Hone DWE, FAULKES CG ( 2014 ) . A proposed framework for establishing and evaluating hypotheses about the behaviour of extinct organisms . Journal of Zoology vol. 292 , ( 4 ) 260 - 267 .

Borghesan M, Mazza T, Fusilli C, Faulkes C, Pazienza V, Vinciguerra M ( 2014 ) . P101 HISTONE VARIANT macroH2A1 PROTECTS AGAINST 5-AZA-2′-DEOXYCYTIDINE INDUCED HEPATOCYTE SENESCENCE . Journal of Hepatology . vol. 60 ,

Cox PG, FAULKES CG ( 2014 ) . Digital dissection of the masticatory muscles of the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber (Mammalia, Rodentia) . PeerJ vol. 2 , Article e448 ,

Katandukila JV, Chimimba CT, Bennett NC, Makundi RH, Le Comber SC, Faulkes CG ( 2014 ) . Sweeping the house clean: Burrow architecture and seasonal digging activity in the East African root rat from Tanzania . Journal of Zoology vol. 293 , ( 4 ) 271 - 280 .

Katandukila JV, Chimimba CT, Bennett NC, Makundi RH, Le Comber SC, FAULKES CG ( 2014 ) . Sweeping the house clean: burrow architecture and seasonal digging activity in the East African root rat from Tanzania . Journal of Zoology vol. n/a ,

Katandukila JV, FAULKES CG, Chimimba CT, Bennett NC ( 2013 ) . Reproduction in the East African mole rat, Tachyoryctes splendens (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from Tanzania: the importance of rainfall . Journal of Zoology vol. 291 , ( 4 ) 258 - 268 .

Faulkes CG, Bennett NC ( 2013 ) . Plasticity and constraints on social evolution in African mole-rats: Ultimate and proximate factors . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 368 , ( 1618 )

FAULKES CG, Bennett NC ( 2013 ) . Plasticity and constraints on social evolution in African mole-rats: ultimate and proximate factors . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences vol. 368 , ( 1618 ) Article 20120347 ,

Katandukila JV, Bennett NC, Chimimba, C.T., FAULKES CG, Oosthuizen MK ( 2013 ) . Locomotor activity patterns of captive East African root rats, Tachyoryctes splendens (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from Tanzania, East Africa . Journal of Mammalogy vol. 94 , ( 6 ) 1393 - 1400 .

Katandukila JV, Faulkes CG, Chimimba CT, Bennett NC ( 2013 ) . Reproduction in the East African root rat (Tachyoryctes splendens; Rodentia: Spalacidae) from Tanzania: the importance of rainfall . JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY vol. 291 , ( 4 ) 258 - 268 .

Zhou S, Holmes MM, Forger NG, Goldman BD, Lovern MB, Caraty A, Kallo I, FAULKES CG et al. ( 2013 ) . Socially regulated reproductive development: Analysis of GnRH-1 and kisspeptin neuronal systems in cooperatively-breeding naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) . Journal of Comparative Neurology vol. 521 , ( 13 ) 3003 - 3029 .

Kundu S, Faulkes CG, Greenwood AG, Jones CG, Kaiser P, Lyne OD, Black SA, Chowrimootoo A et al. ( 2012 ) . Tracking Viral Evolution during a Disease Outbreak: the Rapid and Complete Selective Sweep of a Circovirus in the Endangered Echo Parakeet . JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY vol. 86 , ( 9 ) 5221 - 5229 .

FAULKES CG, Bennett NC, Cotterill FPD, Stanley W, Mgode GF, Verheyen E ( 2011 ) . Phylogeography and cryptic diversity of the solitary-dwelling silvery mole-rat, genus Heliophobius (Family: Bathyergidae) . Journal of Zoology vol. 285 , ( 4 ) 324 - 338 .

Yu C, Li Y, Szafranski K, FAULKES CG, Coen CW, Austad S, Buffenstein R, Platzer M et al. ( 2011 ) . RNA sequencing reveals differential expression of mitochondrial and oxidation reduction genes in the long-lived naked mole-rat when compared to mice . PLoS One vol. 6 , ( 11 )

Sichilima AM, Bennett NC, FAULKES CG ( 2011 ) . Field evidence for colony size and aseasonality of breeding and in Ansell’s mole-rat, Fukomys anselli (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) . African Zoology vol. 46 , ( 2 )

Brown RM, Jordan WC, Faulkes CG, Jones CG, Bugoni L, Tatayah V, Palma RL, Nichols RA ( 2011 ) . Phylogenetic relationships in Pterodroma petrels are obscured by recent secondary contact and hybridization . PLoS One vol. 6 , ( 5 )

Yu C, Li Y, Holmes A, Szafranski K, Faulkes CG, Coen CW, Buffenstein R, Platzer M et al. ( 2011 ) . RNA Sequencing Reveals Differential Expression of Mitochondrial and Oxidation Reduction Genes in the Long-Lived Naked Mole-Rat When Compared to Mice . PLOS ONE vol. 6 , ( 11 ) Article ARTN e26729 ,

Chimimba CT, Sichilima AM, Faulkes CG, Bennett NC ( 2010 ) . Ontogenetic variation and craniometric sexual dimorphism in the social giant mole-rat, Fukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae), from Zambia . AFR ZOOL vol. 45 , ( 2 ) 160 - 176 .

Brown RM, Nichols RA, Faulkes CG, Jones CG, Bugoni L, Tatayah V, Gottelli D, Jordan WC ( 2010 ) . Range expansion and hybridization in Round Island petrels (Pterodroma spp.): evidence from microsatellite genotypes . Mol Ecol vol. 19 , ( 15 ) 3157 - 3170 .

Faulkes CG, Mgode GF, Le Comber SC, Bennett NC ( 2010 ) . Cladogenesis and endemism in Tanzanian mole-rats, genus Fukomys: (Rodentia Bathyergidae): a role for tectonics? . BIOL J LINN SOC vol. 100 , ( 2 ) 337 - 352 .

Mirol P, Gimenez MD, Searle JB, Bidau CJ, Faulkes CG ( 2010 ) . Population and species boundaries in the South American subterranean rodent Ctenomys in a dynamic environment . BIOL J LINN SOC vol. 100 , ( 2 ) 368 - 383 .

Kalamatianos T, Faulkes CG, Oosthuizen MK, Poorun R, Bennett NC, Coen CW ( 2010 ) . Telencephalic Binding Sites for Oxytocin and Social Organization: A Comparative Study of Eusocial Naked Mole-Rats and Solitary Cape Mole-Rats . J COMP NEUROL vol. 518 , ( 10 ) 1792 - 1813 .

Faulkes CG, Sichilima AM, Sandwyk JV, Lutermann H, Bennett NC ( 2010 ) . Control of ovulation in female giant mole-rats, Fukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae), and phylogenetic trends within the family . Journal of Zoology vol. 282 , ( 1 ) 64 - 74 .

Mirol PM, Giménez MD, Searle JB, Bidau CJ, FAULKES CG ( 2010 ) . Population and species boundaries in a changing environment in the South American subterranean rodent Ctenomys . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Kalamatianos T, FAULKES C, Oosthuizen MK, Bennett NC, Coen CW ( 2010 ) . Telencephalic binding sites for oxytocin reflect social organisation: evidence from eusocial naked mole-rats and solitary Cape mole-rats . Journal of Comparative Neurology vol. 518 , 1792 - 1813 .

Zhao HB, Ru BH, Teeling EC, Faulkes CG, Zhang SY, Rossiter SJ ( 2009 ) . Rhodopsin Molecular Evolution in Mammals Inhabiting Low Light Environments . PLOS ONE vol. 4 , ( 12 ) Article e8326 ,

Faulkes CG, Arruda MF, da Cruz MAOM ( 2009 ) . Genetic Structure Within and Among Populations of the Common Marmoset, Callithrix jacchus: Implications for Cooperative Breeding . The Smallest Anthropoids , Springer Nature

Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, Hart L, Jarvis JUM ( 2009 ) . Bathyergus suillus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) . Mammalian Species vol. 828 , ( 828 ) 1 - 7 .

FAULKES C, Arruda MF, Monteiro da Cruz MA ( 2009 ) . Genetic structure within and among populations of the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus: implications for cooperative breeding . The smallest anthropoids: the marmoset/callimico radiation. , Editors: Ford, SM, Porter, L, Davis, LC , Springer ( Boston, MA ),

FAULKES C, Bennett NC ( 2009 ) . Reproductive skew in African mole-rats: behavioural and physiological mechanisms to maintain high skew . Reproductive skew in vertebrates: proximate and ultimate causes , Editors: Hager, R, Jones, CB , Cambridge University Press ( Cambridge, UK ),

Sichilimi AM, Faulkes CG, Bennett NC ( 2008 ) . Field evidence for aseasonality of reproduction and colony size in the Afrotropical giant mole-rat Fukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) . AFR ZOOL vol. 43 , ( 2 ) 144 - 149 .

Sichilima AM, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, Le Comber SC ( 2008 ) . Evolution of African mole‐rat sociality: burrow architecture, rainfall and foraging in colonies of the cooperatively breeding Fukomys mechowii . Journal of Zoology vol. 275 , ( 3 ) 276 - 282 .

O'Riain MJ, Faulkes CG ( 2008 ) . African Mole-Rats: Eusociality, Relatedness and Ecological Constraints . Ecology of Social Evolution , Springer Nature

O'RIAIN M, FAULKES C ( 2008 ) . African mole-rats: eusociality, relatedness and ecological constraints . Ecology of social evolution , Editors: Heinze, J, Korb, J , Springer ( Berlin ),

Kundu S, Faulkes CG ( 2007 ) . A tangled history: patterns of major histocompatibility complex evolution in the African mole-rats (Family : Bathyergidae) . BIOL J LINN SOC vol. 91 , ( 3 ) 493 - 503 .

Faulkes C ( 2007 ) . Socially-induced suppression of fertility in naked mole rats . HUMAN REPRODUCTION . vol. 22 , I1 - I1 .

Van Daele PAAG, FAULKES C, Verheyen E, Adriaens D ( 2007 ) . African mole-rats (Bathyergidae): A complex radiation in Afrotropical soils . Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground. (eds S. Begall, H. Burda & C.E. Schleich) , Springer-Verlag ( Heidelberg ),

FAULKES CG, Bennett NC ( 2007 ) . African mole-rats: Behavioral and Ecological Diversity . Rodent Societies: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective. J. Wolff & P. W. Sherman (eds). , The University of Chicago Press. ( Chicago. ),

Bennett NC, Gutjahr GH, Faulkes CG ( 2007 ) . The Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology of the African Mole-rats: with Special Reference to Southern African Mole-rat Species . Subterranean Rodents , Springer Nature

Bennett NC, Gutjar GH, FAULKES C ( 2007 ) . The reproductive physiology and endocrinology of the African mole-rats . Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground. (eds S. Begall, H. Burda & C.E. Schleich) , Springer-Verlag ( Heidelberg ),

Parag A, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, Bateman PW ( 2006 ) . Penile morphology of African mole rats (Bathyergidae): structural modification in relation to mode of ovulation and degree of sociality . J ZOOL vol. 270 , ( 2 ) 323 - 329 .

Deuve JL, Bennett NC, O'Brien PCM, Ferguson-Smith MA, Faulkes CG, Britton-Davidian J, Robinson TJ ( 2006 ) . Complex evolution of X and Y autosomal translocations in the giant mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi (Bathyergidae) . CHROMOSOME RES vol. 14 , ( 6 ) 681 - 691 .

Rossiter SJ, Ransome RD, Faulkes CG, Dawson DA, Jones G ( 2006 ) . Long-term paternity skew and the opportunity for selection in a mammal with reversed sexual size dimorphism . Mol Ecol vol. 15 , ( 10 ) 3035 - 3043 .

FAULKES C, Maree S, Bennett NC ( 2006 ) . Georychus capensis . Mammalian Species vol. 799 , 1 - 4 .

Chen SF, Rossiter SJ, Faulkes CG, Jones G ( 2006 ) . Population genetic structure and demographic history of the endemic Formosan lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus monoceros) . MOL ECOL vol. 15 , ( 6 ) 1643 - 1656 .

Rossiter SJ, Ransome RD, Faulkes CG, Le Comber SC, Jones G ( 2005 ) . Mate fidelity and intra-lineage polygyny in greater horseshoe bats . Nature vol. 437 , ( 7057 ) 408 - 411 .

Le Comber SC, Faulkes CG, Van Look KJW, Holt WV, Smith C ( 2004 ) . Recovery of sperm activity after osmotic shock in the three-spined stickleback: Implications for pre-oviposition ejaculation . BEHAVIOUR . vol. 141 , 1555 - 1569 .

Burland TM, Bennett NC, Jarvis JUM, Faulkes CG ( 2004 ) . Colony structure and parentage in wild colonies of co-operatively breeding Damaraland mole-rats suggest incest avoidance alone may not maintain reproductive skew . Mol Ecol vol. 13 , ( 8 ) 2371 - 2379 .

Dawson DA, Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Faulkes CG ( 2004 ) . Microsatellite loci for the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) and their cross-utility in 17 other bat species . MOL ECOL NOTES vol. 4 , ( 1 ) 96 - 100 .

Faulkes CG, Verheyen E, Verheyen W, Jarvis JUM, Bennett NC ( 2004 ) . Phylogeographical patterns of genetic divergence and speciation in African mole-rats (Family: Bathyergidae) . Mol Ecol vol. 13 , ( 3 ) 613 - 629 .

Kundu S, Faulkes CG ( 2004 ) . Patterns of MHC selection in African mole-rats, family Bathyergidae: the effects of sociality and habitat . P ROY SOC LOND B BIO vol. 271 , ( 1536 ) 273 - 278 .

Le Comber SC, Faulkes CG, Formosinho J, Smith C ( 2003 ) . Response of territorial males to the threat of sneaking in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): a field study . J ZOOL vol. 261 , 15 - 20 .

Faulkes CG, Arruda MF, Monteiro Da Cruz MAO ( 2003 ) . Matrilineal genetic structure within and among populations of the cooperatively breeding common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus . Mol Ecol vol. 12 , ( 4 ) 1101 - 1108 .

Burland TM, Bennett NC, Jarvis JUM, Faulkes CG ( 2002 ) . Eusociality in African mole-rats: new insights from patterns of genetic relatedness in the Damaraland mole-rat (Cryptomys damarensis) . Proc Biol Sci vol. 269 , ( 1495 ) 1025 - 1030 .

Le Comber SC, Spinks AC, Bennett NC, Jarvis JUM, Faulkes CG ( 2002 ) . Fractal dimension of African mole-rat burrows . CAN J ZOOL vol. 80 , ( 3 ) 436 - 441 .

Berkovitz BKB, Faulkes CG ( 2001 ) . Eruption rates of the mandibular incisors of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) . J ZOOL vol. 255 , 461 - 466 .

Burland TM, Bishop JM, O'Ryan C, Faulkes CG ( 2001 ) . Microsatellite primers for the African mole-rat genus Cryptomys and cross-species amplification within the family Bathyergidae . MOL ECOL NOTES vol. 1 , ( 4 ) 311 - 314 .

Faulkes CG ( 2001 ) . Pheromones in Vertebrates . Encyclopedia of Life Sciences , Wiley

Faulkes CG, Bennett NC ( 2001 ) . Family values: group dynamics and social control of reproduction in African mole-rats . TRENDS ECOL EVOL vol. 16 , ( 4 ) 184 - 190 .

FAULKES CG, Clarke FM ( 2001 ) . Intra-colony aggression in the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber . Animal Behaviour. vol. 61 , 311 - 324 .

Clarke FM, Faulkes CC ( 2001 ) . Intracolony aggression in the eusocial naked mole-rat, <i>Heterocephalus glaber</i> . ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR vol. 61 , 311 - 324 .

Spinks AC, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, Jarvis JUM ( 2000 ) . Circulating LH levels and the response to exogenous GnRH in the common mole-rat: Implications for reproductive regulation in this social, seasonal breeding species . HORM BEHAV vol. 37 , ( 3 ) 221 - 228 .

Faulkes CG ( 2000 ) . Mosaic Evolution of Subterranean Mammals — Regression, Progression and Global Convergence . Heredity vol. 84 , ( 4 ) 493 - 494 .

Bennett NC, FAULKES CG ( 2000 ) . African Mole-Rats: Ecology and Eusociality . Cambridge University press ( Cambridge ),

FAULKES CG ( 2000 ) . Pheromones . Encylopaedia of Life Sciences , Macmillan Reference Ltd

Clarke FM, Faulkes CG ( 1999 ) . Kin discrimination and female mate choice in the naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber . Proc Biol Sci vol. 266 , ( 1432 ) 1995 - 2002 .

Bennett NC, FAULKES CG, Jarvis JUM ( 1999 ) . Reproduction in subterranean rodents . The Biology of Subterranean Rodents: Evolutionary Challenges and Opportunities , Editors: Cameron, Lacey, G, A, E, Patton et al. , University of Chicago Press

FAULKES CG ( 1999 ) . Social transmission of information in a eusocial rodent, the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) . Mammalian Social Learning: Comparative & Ecological Perspectives , Editors: Box, HO, Gibson, KR , Cambridge University Press

Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, Jarvis JUM ( 1999 ) . Socially induced infertility, incest avoidance and the monopoly of reproduction in cooperatively breeding African mole-rats: Family Bathyergidae . ADV STUD BEHAV vol. 28 , 75 - 114 .

Clarke FM, Faulkes CG ( 1998 ) . Hormonal and behavioural correlates of male dominance and reproductive status in captive colonies of the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber . Proc Biol Sci vol. 265 , ( 1404 ) 1391 - 1399 .

FAULKES CG ( 1998 ) . The naked mole-rat . Encylopedia of Reproduction , Editors: Knobil, E, Neil, J , vol. 3 , Academic Press, San Diego

Faulkes CG, Bennett NC, Bruford MW, O'Brien HP, Aguilar GH, Jarvis JU ( 1997 ) . Ecological constraints drive social evolution in the African mole-rats . Proc Biol Sci vol. 264 , ( 1388 ) 1619 - 1627 .

Clarke FM, Faulkes CG ( 1997 ) . Dominance and queen succession in captive colonies of the eusocial naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber . Proc Biol Sci vol. 264 , ( 1384 ) 993 - 1000 .

Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, Spinks AC ( 1997 ) . LH responses to single doses of exogenous GnRH by social Mashona mole-rats: a continuum of socially induced infertility in the family Bathyergidae . P ROY SOC LOND B BIO vol. 264 , ( 1384 ) 1001 - 1006 .

Faulkes CG, Abbott DH, O'Brien HP, Lau L, Roy MR, Wayne RK, Bruford MW ( 1997 ) . Micro- and macrogeographical genetic structure of colonies of naked mole-rats Heterocephalus glaber . Mol Ecol vol. 6 , ( 7 ) 615 - 628 .

Smith TE, Faulkes CG, Abbott DH ( 1997 ) . Combined olfactory contact with the parent colony and direct contact with nonbreeding animals does not maintain suppression of ovulation in female naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) . HORM BEHAV vol. 31 , ( 3 ) 277 - 288 .

FAULKES CG ( 1997 ) . Proximate mechanisms regulating a reproductive dictatorship: A single dominant female controls male and female reproduction in colonies of naked mole-rats . Cooperative Breeding in Mammals , Editors: Solomon, NG, French, JA , Cambridge University press ( New York ),

Bennett NC, Faulkes CG, Molteno AJ ( 1996 ) . Reproductive suppression in subordinate, non-breeding female Damaraland mole-rats: Two components to a lifetime of socially induced infertility . P ROY SOC LOND B BIO vol. 263 , ( 1376 ) 1599 - 1603 .

ORiain MJ, Jarvis JUM, Faulkes CG ( 1996 ) . A dispersive morph in the naked mole-rat . NATURE vol. 380 , ( 6575 ) 619 - 621 .

FAULKES CG ( 1996 ) . The naked mole-rat: an insect-like mammal . Biological Sciences Review vol. 9 , 15 - 17 .

Baines DA, FAULKES C, Tomlinson AJ, Ning PCYK ( 1994 ) . Improvements in or relating to repellent compositions . no. EP19880301153 ,

Faulkes CG, Trowell SN, Jarvis JU, Bennett NC ( 1994 ) . Investigation of numbers and motility of spermatozoa in reproductively active and socially suppressed males of two eusocial African mole-rats, the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) and the Damaraland mole-rat (Cryptomys damarensis) . J Reprod Fertil vol. 100 , ( 2 ) 411 - 416 .

BENNETT NC, AGUILAR GH, JARVIS JUM, FAULKES CG ( 1994 ) . THERMOREGULATION IN 3 SPECIES OF AFROTROPICAL SUBTERRANEAN MOLE-RATS (RODENTIA, BATHYERGIDAE) FROM ZAMBIA AND ANGOLA AND SCALING WITHIN THE GENUS CRYPTOMYS . OECOLOGIA vol. 97 , ( 2 ) 222 - 227 .

Faulkes CG, Abbott DH ( 1993 ) . Evidence that primer pheromones do not cause social suppression of reproduction in male and female naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) . J Reprod Fertil vol. 99 , ( 1 ) 225 - 230 .

BENNETT NC, JARVIS JUM, FAULKES CG, MILLAR RP ( 1993 ) . LH RESPONSES TO SINGLE DOSES OF EXOGENOUS GNRH BY FRESHLY CAPTURED DAMARALAND MOLE-RATS, CRYPTOMYS-DAMARENSIS . J REPROD FERTIL vol. 99 , ( 1 ) 81 - 86 .

Abbott DH, FAULKES CG, Barrett J, Smith TE, Chessman DJ ( 1992 ) . Social control of female reproduction in marmoset monkeys and naked mole-rats . Endocrine & Nutritional Control of Basic Biological Functions , Editors: Murison, R , Hogrefe & Huber Publications ( Toronto, Canada ),

Faulkes CG, Abbott DH ( 1991 ) . Social control of reproduction in breeding and non-breeding male naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) . J Reprod Fertil vol. 93 , ( 2 ) 427 - 435 .

FAULKES CG, ABBOTT DH, JARVIS JUM ( 1991 ) . SOCIAL SUPPRESSION OF REPRODUCTION IN MALE NAKED MOLE-RATS, HETEROCEPHALUS-GLABER . J REPROD FERTIL vol. 91 , ( 2 ) 593 - 604 .

FAULKES CG, Abbott DH, Liddell CE, George LM, Jarvis JUM ( 1991 ) . Hormonal and behavioural aspects of reproductive suppression in female naked mole-rats Heterocephalus glaber . The Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat , Editors: Sherman, PW, Jarvis, JUM, Alexander, RD , Princeton University Press ( New York ),

FAULKES CG, ABBOTT DH, MELLOR AL ( 1990 ) . INVESTIGATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN WILD COLONIES OF NAKED MOLE-RATS (HETEROCEPHALUS-GLABER) BY DNA FINGERPRINTING . J ZOOL vol. 221 , 87 - 97 .

FAULKES CG, ABBOTT DH, JARVIS JUM, SHERRIFF FE ( 1990 ) . LH RESPONSES OF FEMALE NAKED MOLE-RATS, HETEROCEPHALUS-GLABER, TO SINGLE AND MULTIPLE DOSES OF EXOGENOUS GNRH . J REPROD FERTIL vol. 89 , ( 1 ) 317 - 323 .

FAULKES CG, ABBOTT DH, JARVIS JUM ( 1990 ) . SOCIAL SUPPRESSION OF OVARIAN CYCLICITY IN CAPTIVE AND WILD COLONIES OF NAKED MOLE-RATS, HETEROCEPHALUS-GLABER . J REPROD FERTIL vol. 88 , ( 2 ) 559 - 568 .

Abbott DH, Baines DA, FAULKES CG, Lewis E, Ning P, Tomlinson AJ ( 1990 ) . A natural deer repellent: chemistry and behaviour . Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 5 , Editors: Macdonald, DW, Muller-Schwarze, D, Natynczuk, SE , Oxford University Press ( Oxford ),

Abbott DH, Barrett J, FAULKES CG ( 1990 ) . Pheromonal contraception . Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 5 , Editors: Macdonald, DW, Muller-Schwarze, D, Natynczuk, SE , Oxford University Press ( Oxford ),

ABBOTT DH, BARRETT J, FAULKES CG, GEORGE LM ( 1989 ) . SOCIAL CONTRACEPTION IN NAKED MOLE-RATS AND MARMOSET MONKEYS . J ZOOL vol. 219 , 703 - 710 .

Baines DA, FAULKES C, Tomlinson AJ, Ning PCYK ( 1989 ) . Repellent compositions . no. 07/157368 ,