The relative lengths and weights of metacarpals and metatarsals in baboons (Papio hamadryas)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 347-355

  McFadden, Dennis ^a   Bracht, Mary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

2D:4D ratio; Baboons; Metacarpals; Metatarsals; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOOT; HAND; LIMB; MALE; MAMMAL; METACARPAL BONE; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMETRY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; SPECIES COMPARISON; WEIGHT;

EID: 0037304872     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(02)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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