Ecological and reproductive variance in serum leptin in wild vervet monkeys

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 441-448

  Whitten, Patricia L ^a   Turner, Trudy R ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Energy balance; Primates; Steroids

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; RAIN; SEX HORMONE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HABITAT; KENYA; LACTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERUM; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LEPTIN; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 57149092849     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20885     Document Type: Article

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