Wetzel, Michaela https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6919-5606
Holtze, Susanne https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4654-1916
Hofer, Heribert https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2813-7442
Hildebrandt, Thomas B. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8685-4733
Funding for this research was provided by:
Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
Article History
Received: 17 April 2025
Accepted: 31 July 2025
First Online: 17 October 2025
Declarations
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: Captive naked mole-rats were housed at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin, with husbandry and breeding approved by the Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales, Berlin, Germany (#ZH 156, G02217/12, T 0073/15).
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. One of the co-authors of this paper, S. Holtze, is the lead guest editor of this special issue in Mammalian Biology.