Endocrine mechanisms of primate life history trade-offs: Growth and reproductive maturation in vervet monkeys

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 754-761

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; LEPTIN; MALE; PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; PRIMATES;

EID: 70450162928     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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