Localized hypoplasia of the primary canine in bonobos, orangutans, and gibbons

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-72

  Skinner, Mark F ^a   Newell, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African apes; Asian apes; Bonobos; Deciduous dentition; Enamel defects; Gibbon; Orangutan; Osteopenia

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; EPOXY RESIN;

AFRICA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOIDEA; APE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONOBO; BORNEO; CANINE TOOTH; CHIMPANZEE; DENTITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GIBBON; HAPLORHINI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PAN PANISCUS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH SIZE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CLASSIFICATION; CUSPID; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PAN PANISCUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0037215255     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10149     Document Type: Article

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