No bilateral variation accompanies the skull size change in domestic pig

Morphological symmetry and asymmetry in a sample of 41 domestic pig skulls was decomposed into a component of symmetric and asymmetric variation using geometric morphometric methods. The left<br>right symmetric variation was similar to the asymmetric variation, and both mainly centred on the c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Parés Casanova, Pere-Miquel, Esteve-Puig, C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/48152
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/48152
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Allometry
Developmental inestability
Fluctuant asymmetry
Directional asymmetry
Heterochrony
Al·lometria
Porc
Craniometria
Swine
Craniometry
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Sumario:Morphological symmetry and asymmetry in a sample of 41 domestic pig skulls was decomposed into a component of symmetric and asymmetric variation using geometric morphometric methods. The left<br>right symmetric variation was similar to the asymmetric variation, and both mainly centred on the caudal part of skull.