Dog behavior co-varies with height, bodyweight and skull shape.
Dogs offer unique opportunities to study correlations between morphology and behavior because skull shapes and body shape are so diverse among breeds. Several studies have shown relationships between canine cephalic index (CI: the ratio of skull width to skull length) and neural architecture. Data o...
Main Authors: | Paul D McGreevy, Dana Georgevsky, Johanna Carrasco, Michael Valenzuela, Deborah L Duffy, James A Serpell |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24358107/?tool=EBI |
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