Quantification of dentine shape in anthropoid primates

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 479-485

  Olejniczak, Anthony J ^a   Martin, Lawrence B ^a   Ulhaas, Lilian ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilophodont molars; Dental evolution; Dentine; EDJ; EDMA II; Enamel dentine junction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; GENUS; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SPECIES; TAXON;

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; HOMINOIDEA; PRIMATES;

EID: 11244334232     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80087-6     Document Type: Article

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