An Odontometrical Difference in the Mandibular Molars of Two Laboratory Strains of the Musk Shrew, <I>Suncus murinus</I>, Derived from Bangladesh and Tokunoshima Island of Japan
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We investigated an odontometrical difference in the mandibular molars (M<SUB>1</SUB>, M<SUB>2</SUB>, and M<SUB>3</SUB>) of two laboratory strains of the musk shrew (<I>Suncus murinus</I>) originating in Bangladesh (BAN strain) and Tokunoshima Island of Japan (TKU strain). We used skulls from two strains of shrews that were maintained under identical laboratory conditions. Mesiodistal and buccolingual crown diameters in the trigonid and talonid of the mandibular molars were measured with a measuring microscope, calibrated to 0.001 mm. The crown proportion was expressed by the crown indices calculated from the measurements. Size reduction was analyzed quantitatively according to the reduction index.<BR>All crown dimensions were significantly larger in BAN shrews than in TKU shrews (P<0.01). Sexual differences were noted in the talonid dimensions, while interstrain differences were clearly evident in the trigonid dimensions. The crown indices in M<SUB>1</SUB> showed the least interstrain differences of the three molars. The crown indices showed that TKU shrews had relatively larger buccolingual diameters and talonid diameters than BAN shrews, and the reduction indices showed that TKU shrews had relatively larger M<SUB>2</SUB>, and M<SUB>3</SUB> than BAN shrews.<BR>To extract the variance components of tooth shape, a principal component analysis was performed after the variables were standardized. After Varimax rotation, each factor was interpreted. The first three factors accounted for 79.9%of all variances. The first component represented the mesiodistal crown proportion of the trigonid-to-talonid crown component. The second and third components represented the relative size of buccolingual diameters in the distal molars for M<SUB>1</SUB>. The principal component scores showed that TKU shrews had relatively larger talonids and distal molars than BAN shrews.
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