Morphological quantification of the maxillary canine tooth in the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris).

ABSTRACT: Canine tooth shape is known to vary with diet and killing behavior in wild animals and the relationship between form and function is driven in part by selective pressure. However, comparative investigation of the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is of interest. How do they compare to their wild counterparts? This study sought to quantify and characterize the morphology of the canine tooth in the domestic dog, and to provide a preliminary investigation into the variance in canine tooth morphology across individual dogs of varying breeds. Three-dimensional (3D) models generated from micro-computed tomography (µ-CT) studies of 10 mature maxillary canine teeth from the domesticated dog (Canis lupus familiaris) were used to quantify key morphological features and evaluate variance among do

SUBMITTER: Soukup JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947742 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature