Scaling of the mandible in squirrels

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-132

  Velhagen, William A ^a,b   Roth, V Louise ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; RABBIT; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIURIDAE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCIURIDAE; TEMPORAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; APLODONTIA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PETAURISTINAE; PTEROMYINAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031149767     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199705)232:2<107::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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