Maternal gestational androgen levels in female marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi) vary across trimesters but do not vary with the sex ratio of litters

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-314

  French, Jeffrey A ^a   Smith, Adam S ^a   Birnie, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Marmoset; Maternal effects; Pregnancy; Sex ratio; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MARMOSET; MATERNAL BLOOD; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 71549162023     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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