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Body temperature daily rhythm adaptations in African savanna elephants ( Loxodonta africana) by Kinahan, A.A, Inge-moller, R, Bateman, P.W, Kotze, A, Scantlebury, M

“…Abstract The savanna elephant is the largest extant mammal and often inhabits hot and arid environments. Due to their large size, it might be expected that…”
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Cooperative Breeding in Groups of Synchronously Mating Females and Evolution of Large Testes to Avoid Sperm Depletion in African Striped Mice by Schradin, C, Kinahan, A A, Pillay, N

“…Testis size has been related to the mating system of both vertebrates and invertebrates. These differences are regarded as adaptive responses to sperm…”
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Ambient temperature as a determinant of landscape use in the savanna elephant, Loxodonta africana by Kinahan, A.A., Pimm, S.L., van Aarde, R.J.

“…Elephants occur in landscapes where temperatures can reach 50 °C. Due to their large size they may face physiological problems of dissipating heat during such…”
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Cooperative Breeding in Groups of Synchronously Mating Females and Evolution of Large Testes to Avoid Sperm Depletion in African Striped Mice1 by Schradin, C, Kinahan, A. A, Pillay, N

“…Testis size has been related to the mating system of both vertebrates and invertebrates. These differences are regarded as adaptive responses to sperm…”
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Do mating strategies determine genital allometry in African mole rats (Bathyergidae) by Kinahan, A.A, Bennett, N.C, Belton, L.E, Bateman, P.W

“…Allometry describes the relationship of components of an organism with change in overall body size and has become the focus of numerous studies on the…”
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Structure and allometry of genitalia in males and females of a social African ground squirrel with high polygynandry by Manjerovic, M.B, Kinahan, A.A, Waterman, J.M, Bennett, N.C, Bateman, P.W

“…The few studies that have looked at genital allometry in mammals have typically shown a positively allometric relationship with body size and high coefficients…”
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