The case of an insular molarless black rat: Effects on lifestyle and mandible morphology

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 576-582

  Bover, Pere ^a,b   Alcover, Josep A ^a,b   Michaux, Jacques ^c   Renaud, Sabrina ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Elliptic Fourier analysis; Mandible; Menorca; Molarless; Rattus rattus

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE REMODELING; CEPHALOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIET; ECOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYPODONTIA; INCISOR; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MOLAR TOOTH; MURINAE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; SPAIN; TOOTH ARCH;

ANIMALS; ANODONTIA; BONE AND BONES; BONE REMODELING; CARBON ISOTOPES; CEPHALOMETRY; DENTAL ARCH; DIET; ECOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INCISOR; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MOLAR; MURINAE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHENOTYPE; RATS; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 77955425883     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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