An analysis of beak shape variation in two ages of domestic turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) using landmark-based geometric morphometrics

• Hillary A. Dalton ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hdalton@ualberta.ca

  Affiliations Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6020-1814

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• Benjamin J. Wood ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin J. Wood, Stephanie Torrey

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Hybrid Turkeys, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

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• Tina M. Widowski ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Michele T. Guerin ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Stephanie Torrey

  Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin J. Wood, Stephanie Torrey

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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