Genotype, Phenotype, and Developmental Biology of Molar Tooth Characters

Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2000, Pages 171-190

  Jernvall, Jukka ^a   Jung, Han Sung ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental traits; Dentition; Evolvability; Morphogenesis; Teeth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000093272     PISSN: 0096848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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