Mechanism of birth in chimpanzees: Humans are not unique among primates

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 686-688

  Hirata, Satoshi ^a   Fuwa, Koki ^a   Sugama, Keiko ^a   Kusunoki, Kiyo ^a   Takeshita, Hideko ^a  

^a HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Foetal rotation; Mechanism of birth; Occiput anterior; Parturition

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; CAPTIVITY; PARTURITION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 80053893700     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0214     Document Type: Article

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