Brief communication: Daughter dearest: Sex-biased calcium in mother's milk among rhesus macaques

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-150

  Hinde, Katie ^a,b,c   Foster, Alison B ^b   Landis, Lauren M ^b   Rendina, Danielle ^d   Oftedal, Olav T ^e   Power, Michael L ^c,f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

infant skeletal development; lactation; life history; maternal investment; nutrition

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CASEIN; MILK PROTEIN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CALCIFICATION; DAUGHTER; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PARITY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN CONTENT; REARING; RHESUS MONKEY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SON; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CALCIUM; CASEINS; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; MACACA MULATTA; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MOTHERS; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876502879     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22229     Document Type: Article

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