Genetic analysis of fluctuating asymmetry for skeletal characters in mice

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Leamy, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SKULL;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030940484     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023082     Document Type: Article

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