Cross-sectional growth standards for captive baboons: I. Organ weight by chronological age.
We present the first cross-sectional organ weight reference standards for captive baboons (Papio hamadryas). Organ weight data were obtained from necropsy reports for 634 healthy, pedigreed, captive female and male baboons. From summary statistics we calculated and fit cross-sectional, sex-specific percentile curves for: adrenals, brain, eyes, heart, kidneys, liver plus gall bladder, lungs, pancreas, pituitary gland, spleen, and thyroid gland in two year age class intervals and summary statistics by sex for each organ in one year age classes.
Mahaney
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Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas 78228-0147.
Leland
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Williams-Blangero
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Marinez
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D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000254:growth & development; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010215:Papio / Q000254:growth & development*; D012015:Reference Standards