Sexual dimorphism in metapodial and phalanges length ratios in the wood mouse

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

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 955-961

  Leoni, Barbara ^a,c   Canova, Luca ^b   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digit ratios; Directional asymmetry; Metatarsals; Phalanges; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FINGER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOXA GENE; HOXD GENE; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OSTEOMETRY; OUTBREEDING; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; MURIDAE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOES;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; AVES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 26444609165     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20226     Document Type: Article

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