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Morphometric investigations of breed-specific features in feline skulls and considerations on their functional implications.
Anatomia, histologia, embryologia - 1 Aug 2003
Künzel W, Breit S, Oppel M
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A total of 17 parameters (nine lengths, four heights, four widths) was used to characterize the shape of the skull in a sample of 69 pure bred cats. Results of the discriminant analysis confirmed three phenotypically different skull formations, i.e. the round-shaped, the triangular and the cuneiform. Further statistical analyses revealed that the appearance of the skull was especially variable in the case of a...
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