Cranial suture complexity in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 841-849

  Nicolay, Christopher W ^a   Vaders, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractal; Morphometrics; Ontogeny; Suture; Syndesmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIAL SUTURE; DEER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIAL SUTURES; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 33745741452     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10445     Document Type: Article

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