Reproductive cessation in female mammals

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6678, 1998, Pages 807-811

  Packer, Craig ^a   Tatar, Marc ^b   Collins, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gombe Stream Research Centre   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTIVE CESSATION; SENESCENCE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIONS; LONGEVITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAPIO; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CETACEA; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032560162     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/33910     Document Type: Article

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