Reproductive control in wild baboons measured by fecal steroids

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 393-399

  Wasser, Samuel K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

^c Div of Reproductive Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LUTEAL PHASE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029741309     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.2.393     Document Type: Article

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