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You have full access to this article through your institution. Hello Nature Readers, would you like to receive this report in your inbox for free every day? Register here. Naked mole rat queens produce a chemical that prevents other females from reproducing.Credit: Neil Bromhall/Getty Naked mole rat (Glaber heterocephaly) queens produce a chemical that prevents
Naked mole rat queens produce a chemical that prevents other females from reproducing.Credit: Neil Bromhall/Getty Naked mole rat (Glaber heterocephaly) queens produce a chemical that prevents other females in their colony from reproducing. A study published today in Nature suggests that this compound maintains a strict social structure that is dominated by a queen, even