The menstrual cycle of the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-195

  Hernández López, Leonor ^a   Mayagoitia, Lílian ^a,b   Esquivellacroix, Carlos ^c   Rojas Maya, Susana ^c   Mondragón Ceballos, Ricardo ^a  

^a Mexican Institute of Psychiatry   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ateles geoffroyi; Estradiol 17 ; Menstrual cycle; Neotropical primates; Progesterone; Vaginal cytology

Indexed keywords

ATELES GEOFFROYI; IMMUNOASSAY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEBIDAE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERIODICITY; PROBABILITY; PROGESTERONE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

ARANEAE; ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.; CERCOPITHECIDAE; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345019902     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)44:3<183::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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