Peak occurrence of female sexual initiation predicts day of conception in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 397-404

  Zehr, J L ^a   Tannenbaum, P L ^a   Jones, B ^a   Wallen, K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal age; Ovulation; Sexual behavior; Timed mating; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HORMONE;

ACCURACY; AGED; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HORMONE RELEASE; MACACA; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OVULATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0034435525     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd00080     Document Type: Article

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