Growth tracks in dental enamel

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 331-350

  Risnes, Steinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crystal orientation; Dental enamel; Prism cross striations; Prisms; Retzius lines

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032194722     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0229     Document Type: Article

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