Ontogeny, function, and scaling of the mandibular symphysis in Papionin primates

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-175

  Vinyard, Christopher J ^a   Ravosa, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic strain similarity; Functional equivalence; Interspecific allometry; Mandible; Ontogenetic allometry; Primates; Wishboning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CERCOPITHECUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; MACACA; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CERCOPITHECINAE; EVOLUTION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032007529     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199802)235:2<157::AID-JMOR5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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