Infant bystanders modulate the influence of ovarian hormones on female socio-sexual behaviour in free-ranging rhesus macaques
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Tara M. Mandalaywala1,2,5), James P. Higham2,3), Michael Heistermann4) & Dario Maestripieri1,2) (1 Department of Comparative Human Development, 5730 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; 2 Institute for Mind and Biology, University of Chicago, 940 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; 3 Junior Research Group on Primate Sexual Selection, Reproductive Biology Unit, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; 4 Reproductive Biology Unit, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany)
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تاریخ انتشار 2011