Right or left, hand or mouth: Genera-specific preferences in marmosets and tamarins

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-145

  Singer, Silke S ^a   Schwibbe, Michael H ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 0033479559     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999500703     Document Type: Article

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