Sentence examples for molar size shape from inspiring English sources

Our data appear to show wild boar molar size, shape and allometry to be strongly affected by geographic location (Table  1, see Additional file 2: Tables S1-S4 for pairwise comparisons).

The purpose of our study was to assess Sus phenotype diversification (measured by molar size, shape and allometry) in different populations involved (or not) to varying degrees in pig domestication.

The Corsican and Sardinian wild populations also show significant molar size and shape differences to both the captive wild boar (with the exception of M3 shape) and wild-domestic hybrids, although all groups show similar allometric patterns for (Table  3).

Our data clearly demonstrate that domestication induces strong morphological changes in both molar size and shape.

Wild boar populations show clear patterns of biogeographic variation in both molar size and shape.

In addition to differences in molar size and shape, wild boar and domestic pigs also differ strongly in their allometric profiles.

Molar size and shape variation and covariation (allometry) were analysed using 2 dimensional landmarks and sliding semi-landmarks based on geometric morphometric approaches (SI-Figure  1).

Despite their complex genetic heritage, each breed used in this study – and known to differ in overall body size (e.g. [ 58]) - displays a unique combination of molar size and shape.

Because molar size and shape of first and second-generation wild-domestic crosses do not differ statistically in any comparisons (all MANOVA and Wilcoxon tests p > 0.05), they were pooled for all analyses.

Irrespective of differences in the local, natural and human environment that they inhabit, domestic breeds share common morphometric characteristics (in terms of molar size and shape) compared to wild boar.

In addition to molar size differences, wild and domestic pigs also appear to differ in molar shape - with proportionally narrower (and occasionally longer) teeth found in wild boar.