Dog faces exhibit anatomical differences in comparison to other domestic animals

Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2021 Jan;304(1):231-241. doi: 10.1002/ar.24507. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

Authors

Anne M Burrows^{1

2}, Juliane Kaminski³, Bridget M Waller³, Kailey M Omstead¹, Carolyn Rogers-Vizena⁴, Bryan Mendelson⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Therapy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
⁴ Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ The Centre for Facial Plastic Surgery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 32969196
DOI: 10.1002/ar.24507

No abstract available

Keywords: dog; domestic animal; face; mimetic muscle; self-domestication.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Domestic*
Cats / anatomy & histology*
Dogs / anatomy & histology*
Face / anatomy & histology*
Horses / anatomy & histology*
Phenotype*