Socioendocrine and morphological correlates of paternity in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-68

  Bercovitch, F B ^a,b   Nurnberg P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY SIZE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FIGHTING; MACACA; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERM; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0029999302     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1070059     Document Type: Article

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