Changes in testicular and nipple volume related to age and seasonality in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), especially in the pre- and post-pubertal periods

Primates

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-45

  Hamada, Yuzuru ^a   Suzuki, Juri ^a   Ohkura, Satoshi ^b   Hayakawa, Seiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese macaques; Nipple; Puberty; Seasonality; Testis

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACACA; MALE; NIPPLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; NIPPLES; PROGESTERONE; SEASONS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 13744259635     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-004-0099-3     Document Type: Article

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