Placentophagia in naïve adults, new fathers, and new mothers in the biparental dwarf hamster, Phodopus campbelli

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-188

  Gregg, Jennifer K ^a   Wynne Edwards, Katherine E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Dwarf hamster; Ontogeny; Paternal behavior; Phodopus campbelli; Placenta; Placentophagia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DWARFISM; FEMALE; HAMSTER; JUVENILE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHODOPUS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CRICETINAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHODOPUS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS CAMPBELLI;

EID: 27544506105     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20079     Document Type: Article

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