Skeletal biology, functional asymmetry and the origins of "handedness"

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 129-138

  Lazenby, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HANDEDNESS; PRIMATE; SKELETON;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BODY BUILD; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSTEOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON;

CEBUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036407909     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3052     Document Type: Article

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