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The effect of replicated selection for body weight in mice on vertebral shape

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

D. R. Johnson ,
P. O'Higgins  and
T. J. McAndrew
D. R. Johnson*
Affiliation:
Morphometrics Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, Medical and Dental Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, West Yorkshire, U.K.
P. O'Higgins
Affiliation:
Morphometrics Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, Medical and Dental Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, West Yorkshire, U.K.
T. J. McAndrew
Affiliation:
Morphometrics Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, Medical and Dental Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, West Yorkshire, U.K.
*
* Corresponding author.

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The shapes of T1 and T2 vertebrae from unselected Q strain mice and from strains selected for large and small body size were studied by Fourier analysis in order to ascertain whether shape change was produced by size selection. The vertebrae of large, small and control strains were easily distinguishable, but between replicate groups shape differences were less marked. The main component of shape change was size related, but mice unselected for size also showed a non-size-related shape change.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 129 - 135
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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