Comparative analyses of the role of postnatal development on the expression of play fighting

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 136-147

  Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Independent contrast; Juvenility; Muroid rodents; Play; Play fighting; Postnatal development; Primates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLAY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMATE; RODENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034053362     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(200003)36:2<136::AID-DEV5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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