On the variability of skull shape in German shepherd (alsatian) puppies

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 460-466

  Onar, Vedat ^a   Güuneş, Halil ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angle; Geometry; German shepherd dog; Measurements; Skull

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; ZYGOMA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0141960049     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10052     Document Type: Article

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