Reproductive aging in female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2008, Pages 103-118

  Videan, E ^a,b   Fritz, J ^a   Heward, C ^c   Murphy, J ^a  

^a Primate Foundation Arizona   (United States)

^b Alamogordo Primate Facility   (United States)

^c Kronos Science Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OVARY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS;

EID: 49549087294     PISSN: 00741132     EISSN: 16623800     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000137688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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