Sexually dimorphic proportions of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) skeleton

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-154

  Galatius, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allometric growth; Harbour porpoise; Paedomorphosis; Skeletal proportions

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; SPINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; MALE; PORPOISES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKELETON; SKULL; SPINE;

PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 14944378086     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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