Fraction of skeletal variation between dog and fox explained by limb-width/length tradeoff
| Value | 15 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | dog |
| Reference | Kharlamova AV, Trut LN, Carrier DR, Chase K, Lark KG. Genetic regulation of canine skeletal traits: trade-offs between the hind limbs and forelimbs in the fox and dog. Integr Comp Biol. 2007 Sep47(3):373-381. (author online manuscript-pp.5, pp. 14 table 2)PubMed ID18458753 |
| Method | Skeletal metrics taken from radiographs of the forelimbs and hind limbs of the fox and dog were used to construct separate anatomical principal component (PC) matrices of the two species. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 102294 |