The Integrative Biology of Reproductive Functioning in Nonhuman Primates

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-201

  Dettmer, Amanda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysfunction; Integrative; Primate; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRIMATES; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84872621186     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22054     Document Type: Note

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