Fecal androgen levels in common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) males living in captive family groups

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Castro, D C ^a   Sousa, M B C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circadian variation; Common marmosets; Fecal androgens; Male sexual strategies; Reproductive suppression

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FAMILY LIFE; FECES ANALYSIS; HORMONE ACTION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 14044264192     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2005000100011     Document Type: Article

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