Differential development of body equilibrium among littermates in the newborn rabbit

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-33

  Muciño, Edith ^a   Bautista, Amando ^a   Jimeénez, Ismael ^b   Martínez Gómez, Margarita ^a,c   Hudson, Robyn ^c  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Domestic rabbit; Individual differences; Locomotor development; Maintenance of posture; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; LOCOMOTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; RABBIT; SIBLING RELATION; ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RABBITS;

EID: 65549154633     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20339     Document Type: Article

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