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Maternal effects on offspring growth indicate post-weaning juvenile dependence in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)

BACKGROUND: In animals with altricial offspring, most growth occurs after birth and may be optimized by post-natal maternal care. Maternal effects on growth may be influenced by individual characteristics of the mothers, such as social status, individual investment strategies and the length of assoc...

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Autores principales: Samuni, Liran, Tkaczynski, Patrick, Deschner, Tobias, Löhrrich, Therese, Wittig, Roman M., Crockford, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31911809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-019-0343-8