The Ay allele at the agouti locus reduces the size and alters the shape of the mandible in mice

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 248-257

  Suto, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ay allele; Mandible size and shape; Mouse; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI; MUS;

AGOUTI PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN; TESTIS;

AGOUTI SIGNALING PROTEIN; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN; TESTIS;

EID: 70349980701     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: 13492896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.85.248     Document Type: Article

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