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Wetzel, Michaela https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6919-5606
Braude, Stanton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4859-7139
Hofer, Heribert https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2813-7442
Holtze, Susanne https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4654-1916
Sicks, Florian
Szafranski, Karol https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6391-1766
Hildebrandt, Thomas B. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8685-4733
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
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Article History
Received: 28 April 2025
Accepted: 12 October 2025
First Online: 7 November 2025
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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).Wild naked mole-rats examined in this study were part of a long-term demographic mark–recapture project conducted in Meru National Park, Kenya, under permit no. 15 C/116 issued by the Office of the President of Kenya.
: 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 coauthors, Susanne Holtze, is the lead guest editor of this special issue.
