Title |
Ontogenetic allometry of the Beagle
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Published in |
BMC Veterinary Research, October 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1746-6148-9-203 |
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Authors |
Daniela Helmsmüller, Patrick Wefstaedt, Ingo Nolte, Nadja Schilling |
Abstract |
Mammalian juveniles undergo dramatic changes in body conformation during development. As one of the most common companion animals, the time line and trajectory of a dog's development and its body's re-proportioning is of particular scientific interest. Several ontogenetic studies have investigated the skeletal development in dogs, but none has paid heed to the scapula as a critical part of the mammalian forelimb. Its functional integration into the forelimb changed the correspondence between fore- and hindlimb segments and previous ontogenetic studies observed more similar growth patterns for functionally than serially homologous elements. In this study, the ontogenetic development of six Beagle siblings was monitored between 9 and 51 weeks of age to investigate their skeletal allometry and compare this with data from other lines, breeds and species. |
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