Developmental and genetic origins of murine long bone length variation

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 316 B, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-161

  Sanger, Thomas J ^a   Norgard, Elizabeth A ^b   Pletscher, L Susan ^b   Bevilacqua, Michael ^b   Brooks, Victoria R ^b   Sandell, Linda J ^b   Cheverud, James M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH PLATE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 79951563460     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21388     Document Type: Article

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