Age-related changes in Thyroid hormone levels of bonobos and chimpanzees indicate heterochrony in development

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-88

  Behringer, Verena ^a,b   Deschner, Tobias ^a   Murtagh, Róisín ^a   Stevens, Jeroen M G ^b   Hohmann, Gottfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endocrinology; Ontogeny; Pan; Somatic growth; T3

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); HORMONE; PRIMATE;

HOMO; PAN;

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; ONTOGENY; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE;

ENDOCRINOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PAN; SOMATIC GROWTH; T3;

AGING; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYROID HORMONES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84891664872     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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