Adaptation in the vertebral column: A comparative study of patterns of metameric variation in mice and men

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-113

  O'Higgins, P ^a   Milne, N ^b   Johnson, D R ^c   Runnion, C K ^a   Oxnard, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metameric variation; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED CBA; MORPHOGENESIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE;

EID: 0031030889     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1997.19010105.x     Document Type: Article

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