Digit ratio (2D:4D) and dominance rank in female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1001-1009

  Nelson, Emma ^a   Hoffman, Christy L ^b   Gerald, Melissa S ^c,d   Shultz, Susanne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Competition; Dominance rank; Prenatal androgens; Prenatal programming; Primates

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; HERITABILITY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77952673042     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0915-2     Document Type: Article

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