Nature needs nurture: The interaction of hormonal and social influences on the development of behavioral sex differences in rhesus monkeys

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 364-378

  Wallen, Kim ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030430045     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0042     Document Type: Article

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