Genetic study on the mandibular molar size of rats.

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Genetic study on the mandibular molar size of rats.

Journal of craniofacial genetics and developmental biology - 1 Jan 1990

Otani H, Nonaka K, Nakata M

Abstract excerpt

Tooth size is determined by genetic and environmental factors like other quantitative characters such as body weight and body height. However, the degree of the relative contribution of both factors to the determination of tooth size has not been well clarified. In order to study the genetic and...

Topics

Animals
Body Weight
Crosses, Genetic
Environment
Female
Genes
Genetic Variation
Male
Mandible
Molar
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Sex Characteristics
Species Specificity

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