Sex-difference in the ossification rate of the appendicular skeleton in Capra pyrenaica Schinz, 1838, and its utility in the sex identification of long bones

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-75

  Serrano, E ^a   Perez J M ^a   Christiansen, P ^b   Gallego L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GOATS; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33644993039     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2005.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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