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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 environmental factors affecting tooth size, we carried out a diallel cross mating by the cohabitation of pairs of males...
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