Male parenting and response to infant stimuli in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
β Scribed by S.R. Zahed; S.L. Prudom; C.T. Snowdon; T.E. Ziegler
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0275-2565
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