Changes in prolactin and glucocorticoid levels in cotton-top tamarin fathers during their mate's pregnancy: the effect of infants and paternal experience

We have previously shown that paternally experienced cotton‐top tamarin fathers (Saguinus oedipus) had significant increases in prolactin and glucocorticoids at the midpoint of their mate's pregnancy, whereas less experienced fathers showed prolactin increases only the month before offspring bi...

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Published in:	American journal of primatology Vol. 70; no. 6; pp. 560 - 565
Main Authors:	Almond, Rosamunde E. A., Ziegler, Toni E., Snowdon, Charles T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01-06-2008
Subjects:	Animals Animals, Newborn Behavior, Animal - physiology Biological anthropology corticosterone cortisol Data analysis Experiments Fathers Female gestation glucocorticoids Glucocorticoids - urine Hormones Infants Male Paternal Behavior paternal care Pregnancy Pregnancy, Animal prepartum Primate reproduction Primatology prolactin Prolactin - urine Saguinus - physiology Saguinus - urine
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