Long-bone biomechanics in mice selected for body conformation

Bone

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 539-545

  Di Masso, R J ^a   Font, M T ^a   Capozza, R F ^a   Detarsio, G ^a   Sosa, F ^a   Ferretti, J L ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Body conformation; Bone biomechanics; Bone genetics; Bone mechanostat; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE BOWING; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENOTYPE; LONG BONE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; MALE; MICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0030924973     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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