Effects of inbreeding on skeletal development of Rattus villosissimus

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 277-287

  Lacy, R C ^a   Horner, B E ^b  

^a BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETON MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS VILLOSISSIMUS;

EID: 0029838397     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023001     Document Type: Article

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