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Physical, hormonal and behavioural aspects of sexual development in the marmoset monkey, Callithrix jacchus
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Summary. Measurements of growth, plasma progesterone and testosterone levels, and copulatory behaviour were obtained from captive marmosets from birth until 600–800 days of age. Body weight and knee-to-heel length were similar for both sexes. Males exhibited a neonatal testosterone surge from 15–100 days and testosterone levels began to rise again, coincident with the growth of the testis, at about 250 days. The males were copulating by 400–500 days of age. Paired females were apparently ovulating and able to conceive from about 400 days. In peer groups, only the dominant female became pregnant, because subordinate females failed to ovulate.
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“Young male white-faced marmosets showed a relatively low and stable rate of uA excretion from ages 2–7 months, followed by an increase in uA at 8 and 9 months of age (late juvenile phase), signaling the onset of puberty and corresponding with the growth in testis size [Abbott & Hearn, 1978; Dixson, 1986].”
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“Circulating T levels of young adult callitrichine sons still living in their natal groups before contact with an unrelated female have been reported to be similar to T levels of the dominant, breeding male [common marmoset: Abbott & Hearn, 1978; Baker et al., 1999; golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia): French et al., 1989].”
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“The sexual maturation of young white-faced marmosets, as measured by levels of excreted uA, developed over time in a similar trajectory as other reported callitrichine primates [Abbott & Hearn, 1978; Chandolia et al., 2006; Dixson, 1986; Ginther et al., 2002].”
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“specific timelines for sexual maturation differ between marmosets and tamarins as marmosets reach sexual maturity faster than tamarins [e.g., about 16 months in common marmosets: Abbott & Hearn, 1978; between 22 and 24 months in cotton-top tamarins: Ginther et al., 2002].”
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“Because our sample collection for most males began during the second or third postnatal month, it is likely that we did not capture the transiently high androgen levels that characterize 1 month old male marmosets”
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“a marked drop in early infant androgen levels was not observed in this sample as it has been in the case of other callitrichine species”
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“In common marmosets and cotton-top tamarins, the late juvenile rise in T production precedes testicular growth, typically between 9 and 10 months of age [Abbott & Hearn, 1978; Ginther et al., 2002].”
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“Sexual maturation in monkeys is marked by an elevation of LH followed shortly thereafter by an elevation in T levels that reflect normal adult range [Abbott & Hearn, 1978; Dixson, 1986; Ginther et al., 2002].”
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- Abbott, D. H., & Hearn, J. P.
- Venue
- Reproduction
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- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1978-05-01
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 155-166
- ISSN
- 1470-1626
- 1741-7899
- Cited by
- 212
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- en
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