Allometry of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Domestic Dog

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Frynta, Daniel ^a   Baudyšová, Jana ^a   Hradcová, Petra ^a   Faltusová, Kateřina ^a   Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; BODY SIZE; BREEDING LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84866674795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046125     Document Type: Article

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