Human reproduction: A comparative background for medical hypotheses

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-135

  Martin, Robert D ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Brain development; Comparative approach; Gestation; Maternal investment; Ovarian cycles; Placentation; Primatology; Testis size

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FERTILIZATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GAMETE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY; LITTER SIZE; MATING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONKEY; NEWBORN; OVARY; OVULATION; PARAMETER; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0042168738     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(03)00042-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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