Quantitative genetics of relative organ weight variation in captive baboons.

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Quantitative genetics of relative organ weight variation in captive baboons.

Human biology - 1 Dec 1993

Mahaney M C, Williams-Blangero S, Blangero J, Leland M M

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Anthropoid phylogeny has been characterized by dramatic increases in relative brain size. Given the importance of genetic mechanisms in evolution, quantitative genetic analyses of the biological concomitants of relative brain size variation should greatly augment our understanding of this phyloge...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Brain
Genetic Variation
Heart
Kidney
Liver
Models, Genetic
Organ Size
Papio
Pedigree

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