Age at maturity in wild baboons: Genetic, environmental and demographic influences

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2026-2040

  Charpentier, M J E ^a,b   Tung, J ^a   Altmann, J ^c,d   Alberts, S C ^a,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Baboons; First reproduction; Hybrids; Maternal effects; Maturational milestones; Menarche

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYBRIDIZATION; KENYA; MALE; MENARCHE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; KENYA; MALE; MENARCHE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; RAIN; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 42049085297     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03724.x     Document Type: Article

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