Pelvic growth: Ontogeny of size and shape sexual dimorphism in hat pelves

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-22

  Berdnikovs, Sergejs ^a,c   Bernstein, M ^a   Metzler, A ^a   German, R Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Growth; Pelvis; Sexual dimorphism; Shape change; Size

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BONE REMODELING; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PELVIC BONES; PUBERTY; RADIOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33846448143     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10476     Document Type: Article

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