Quantitative genetic study of head size related phenotypes in ethnically homogeneous Chuvasha pedigrees

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 585-598

  Ermakov, Sergey ^a   Kobyliansky, Eugene ^a   Livshits, Gregory ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Family based genetic study; Horizontal and vertical head measurements

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HEALTH AND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEAD; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 27844510790     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500247972     Document Type: Article

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