Menstrual cycles continue into advanced old age in the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-412

  Lacreuse, Agnès ^a   Chennareddi, Lakshmi ^b   Gould, Kenneth G ^b   Hawkes, Kristen ^c   Wijayawardana, Sameera R ^d   Chen, Jian ^d   Easley, Kirk A ^d   Herndon, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Evolution; Life history; Longevity; Longitudinal analysis; Menopause; Menstrual cycle; Menstruation; Ovulatory cycle; Reproduction; Sexual swelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; TIME FACTORS;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 50849110516     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.068494     Document Type: Article

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