Richer milk for sons but more milk for daughters: Sex-biased investment during lactation varies with maternal life history in Rhesus Macaques

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 512-519

  Hinde, Katherine J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; DAUGHTER; DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY YIELD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MILK PRODUCTION; MOTHER; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 70349389767     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20917     Document Type: Article

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