The Role of Androgenic Steroids in Shaping Social Phenotypes Across the Lifespan in Male Marmosets (Callithrix spp.)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 212-221

  French, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen hormones; Marmoset; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ANDROGEN; INHIBITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CALLITHRIX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX GEOFFROYI; CALLITHRIX KUHLII; CALLITRICHIDAE; HAPLORHINI; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84872562585     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22077     Document Type: Review

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