Patterns of Phenotypic Covariation and Correlation in Modern Humans as Viewed from Morphological Integration

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-77

  González José, Rolando ^a   Van Der Molen, Silvina ^b   González Pérez, Emili ^a   Hernández, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Covariance matrices; Craniometrics; Molecular distances; Morphological distances

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOMETRY; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SKULL;

ALU ELEMENTS; CEPHALOMETRY; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SKULL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0347419489     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10302     Document Type: Article

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