Ontogeny and phylogeny of femoro-tibial characters in humans and hominid fossils: Functional influence and genetic determinism

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-377

  Tardieu, Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Development; Epigenetics; Femur; Fetus; Growth; Hominids; Menisci; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; TIBIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMUR; FOSSILS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIBIA;

EID: 0032747147     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199911)110:3<365::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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