Polymorphisms Past and Present

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 559-575

  Eckhardt, Robert B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial morphology; Dental morphology premolar roots; Human evolution; Nasal bones; Paleobiology; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FACIAL BONE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOMINID; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SKELETON; SKIN COLOR; TOOTH ROOT;

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA;

EID: 0344925599     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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