title: Circadian oscillations of body temperature in the marmoset, Callithrix jacchus.
abstract: The rectal temperature of 8 marmosets was taken regularly throughout a 76 hour period. A pronounced circadian rhythm was detected: body temperature reached a maximum during the light phase and a minimum during the dark phase.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D002143:Callitrichinae / Q000502:physiology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D008297:Male