Directional asymmetry and correlation of tail injury with left-side dominance occur in Serpentes (Sauropsida)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-43

  Razzetti, Edoardo ^a   Faiman, Roy ^b   Werner, Yehudah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accident proneness; Handedness; Homo sapiens; Sexual dimorphism; Tail loss

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORONELLA AUSTRIACA; ELAPHE LONGISSIMA; HIEROPHIS VIRIDIFLAVUS; HOMO SAPIENS; LACERTILIA; NATRIX NATRIX; NATRIX TESSELLATA; PLATYCEPS SAHARICUS; SAUROPSIDA; SERPENTES; VIPERA ASPIS;

EID: 34248137487     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-007-0028-2     Document Type: Article

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