Fetal and infant head circumference sexual dimorphism in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-110

  Joffe, Tracey H ^a,f   Tarantal, Alice F ^b   Rice, Karen ^c   Leland, Michelle ^c   Oerke, Ann Kathrin ^d   Rodeck, Charles ^e   Geary, Michael ^e   Hindmarsh, Peter ^e   Wells, Jonathan C K ^a   Aiello, Leslie C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Encephalization; Human; Marmoset; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BABOON; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANCY; LACTATION; MALE; MARMOSET; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRIMATES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 10044233016     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20035     Document Type: Article

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