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New world primates for research in human reproductive health
Author(s) -
Hearn John P.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350340105
Subject(s) - saimiri sciureus , callithrix , biology , reproductive physiology , reproductive biology , reproductive endocrinology , zoology , marmoset , fertility , primate , reproduction , reproductive health , physiology , lactation , endocrinology , squirrel monkey , pregnancy , ecology , hormone , genetics , medicine , population , environmental health
Abstract The New World primates are relatively new to studies in reproductive health. The essential factors in their reproductive physiology and endocrinology are now established for the three species considered here: Saimiri sciureus, Cebus apella , and Callithrix jacchus . Our studies to date in C. jacchus have concentrated on developmental biology (gametogenesis, fertilization, implantation, neonatal growth) and on strategic studies of new pharmacological agents for the regulation of fertility (vaccines, steroids, lactation). There are also species‐specific mechanisms evident, such as reproductive suppression in female marmosets, that give insights to the evolution of reproductive mechanisms in the primates. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.