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Exploring the endocrine profile of a geriatric female chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
| Title: | Exploring the endocrine profile of a geriatric female chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). |
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| Name(s): |
Cloutier, Christina T. Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of Anthropology |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2010 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | ix, 83 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | In light of exceptionally delayed reproductive senescence exhibited by a 64 year old female chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) housed in Florida, endocrinal analyses meant to determine the state of her current reproductive viability were conducted. Urine was collected from the study subject for a period of 88 days spaced within an interim of roughly 6 months and the specimens were sent to the Hominoid Reproductive Ecology Laboratory for assessment. Additional data was collected from three control females in order to provide a basis of comparison against the hormonal markers present in the geriatric study animal. Results indicate that the geriatric female does not presently appear to be cycling, but nor does she exhibit signs of complete reproductive cessation. This could signify that Pan troglodytes adheres to a pattern of reproductive aging not necessarily shared by Homo sapiens, which has further implications for the evolutionary trajectory of menopause in the human female. | |
| Identifier: | 624768904 (oclc), 2100580 (digitool), FADT2100580 (IID), fau:3399 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Christina T. Cloutier. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Aging -- Physiological aspects Primates -- Physiology Primates -- Reproduction -- Encocrine aspects Biochemical markers Menopause -- Physiological aspects |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2100580 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
