Dental variation of Ryukyu Islanders: A comparative study among Ryukyu, Ainu, and other asian populations

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-143

  Higa, Takako ^a   Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^b   Sunakawa, Hajime ^a   Ishida, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DENTITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ODONTOGENESIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; TOOTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

RYUKYU;

EID: 0345269098     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10138     Document Type: Article

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