Geographical variation of mandible size and shape in the wild pig (Sus scrofa) from Taiwan and Japan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 452-460

  Endo, Hideki ^a,b   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^c   Yamazaki, Kyomi ^d   Motokawa, Masaharu ^b   Pei, Jai Chyi Kurtis ^e   Lin, Liang Kong ^f   Chou, Cheng Han ^f   Oshida, Tatsuo ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Iwaki Junior College   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^f TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mandible; Osteometry; Taiwan; Wild pig

Indexed keywords

SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 10844272433     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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