Ontogenetic patterning of skeletal fluctuating asymmetry in rhesus macaques and humans: Evolutionary and developmental implications

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-151

  Hallgrímsson, Benedikt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Bone development; Bone growth; Developmental stability; Homo sapiens; Macaca mulatta; Mammals; Primates

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; ONTOGENY;

HOMO SAPIENS; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0344061603     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020540418554     Document Type: Article

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