Frequency variations of discrete cranial traits in major human populations. I. Supernumerary ossicle variations

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 689-706

  Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^a   Ishida, Hajime ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory ossicles; Anthropology; Cranial characters; Geographical variation; Osteology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY OSSICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC DRIFT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; MASTOID; MELANESIA; OCCIPITAL BONE; POPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL;

EID: 0034935962     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878201007907     Document Type: Article

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