Functional significance of genetic variation underlying limb bone diaphyseal structure

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-30

  Wallace, Ian J ^a   Middleton, Kevin M ^b   Lublinsky, Svetlana ^c   Kelly, Scott A ^d,f   Judex, Stefan ^c   Garland Jr , Theodore ^d   Demes, Brigitte ^e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Artificial selection; Cross sectional geometry; Genes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOSSIL HOMININ; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENETIC VARIATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; RUNNING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956123592     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21286     Document Type: Article

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