Lines of arrested growth in bone and age estimation in a small primate: Microcebus murinus

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-39

  Castanet, J ^a   Croci, S ^a   Aujard, F ^b   Perret, M ^b   Cubo, J ^a   De Margerie, E ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

Age determination; Microcebus murinus; Primates; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; PRIMATE;

MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542437223     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904004844     Document Type: Article

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