Why Do New World Monkey Fathers Have Enhanced Prolactin Levels?

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 122-125

  Schradin, Carsten ^a,b   Anzenberger, Gustl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Callicebus moloch; Callithrix jacchus; Calllmico goeldll; Fathers; Paternal care; Prolactin; Saguinus oedlpus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; AVES; CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS MOLOCH; CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MAMMALIA; MARMOSETS; MOLOCH; PLATYRRHINI; SAGUINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036960377     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10073     Document Type: Article

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