A strong correlation exists between the distribution of retinal ganglion cells and nose length in the dog

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-22

  McGreevy, Paul ^a   Grassi, Tanya D ^a   Harman, Alison M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area centralis; Dogs; Embryology; Evolution; Mammals; Selective breeding; Vision; Visual streak

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; EYE; EYELID; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WOLF;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEPHALOMETRY; DOGS; EYE; MORPHOGENESIS; NASAL BONE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SKULL; STATISTICS;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0348010582     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073756     Document Type: Article

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