First-time macaque mothers bias milk composition in favor of sons

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Hinde, Katherine ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Nutrition Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; LACTATION; LETTER; MACACA; MALE; MILK; MOTHER; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SIBLING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MILK; MOTHERS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SIBLINGS;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 36049029001     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.029     Document Type: Letter

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