Digit ratios in green anolis lizards (Anolis carolinensis)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-440

  Lombardo, Michael P ^a   Thorpe, Patrick A ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Digit ratio; Lizards; Reptilia; Sex steroids; Squamata; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; FORELIMB; LIZARDS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOES;

EID: 42949162067     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20657     Document Type: Article

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