Trade-off between age of first reproduction and survival in a female primate

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-342

  Blomquist, Gregory E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Life history; Maturation; Primate; Quantitative genetics; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE DETERMINATION; ANTAGONISM; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATURATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CORRELATION; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MACACA; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 67649088467     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0009     Document Type: Article

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