Effects of environmental perturbations during postnatal development on the phenotypic integration of the skull

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 316 B, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 547-561

  Gonzalez, Paula Natalia ^a   Oyhenart, Evelia Edith ^b,c   Hallgrímsson, Benedikt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALNUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RAT; SKULL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALNUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKULL;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 81355161414     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21430     Document Type: Article

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