Article
A quantitative genetic analysis of localized morphology in mandibles of inbred mice using finite element scaling analysis.
Journal of craniofacial genetics and developmental biology - 1 Jan 2000
Cheverud J M, Hartman S E, Richtsmeier J T, Atchley W R
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed patterns of mandibular genetic and phenotypic morphological integration and the relationship of genealogy to interstrain molecular and morphological differences in ten inbred strains of mice. Positions of mandibular landmarks in two-dimensional space were used to construct a finite element mesh for each individual, then all individuals from the ten strains were compared to the average mandible from a...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Male
- Mandible
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Phenotype
- Species Specificity
