Litter size does not interfere with fertility in common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Sousa, M B C ^a   Silva, H P A ^a   Vidal, J F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birth seasonality; Common marmoset; Inter birth interval; Litter size

Indexed keywords

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS;

EID: 0033056756     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021674     Document Type: Article

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