Interactions between infant growth and survival: Evidence for selection on age-specific body weight in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-280

  Jaquish, C E ^a   Tardif, S D ^b   Cheverud, J M ^c  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Callitrichids; Infant survival; Social environment

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MARMOSET; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS;

EID: 0030809322     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)42:4<269::AID-AJP2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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