Occlusal relief changes with molar wear in Pan troglodytes troglodytes and Gorilla gorilla gorilla

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 31-41

  M'Kirera, Francis ^a   Ungar, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Primate functional morphology; Tooth form

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IMAGING METHOD; PRIMATE; TOOTH; WEAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GORILLA; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; MOLAR; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0038268548     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.10077     Document Type: Article

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