Schultz's unruly rule: Dental developmental sequences and schedules in small-bodied, folivorous lemurs

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-99

  Godfrey, Laurie R ^a   Samonds, Karen E ^b   Wright, Patricia C ^b   King, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avahi; Dental eruption; Lepilemur; Schultz's rule; Sequence heterochrony

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; DENTITION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; JAW; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TOOTH; TOOTH ERUPTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DENTITION, PRIMARY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; LEMURIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH; TOOTH ERUPTION;

AVAHI; LEMURIDAE; LEPILEMUR; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 17144413015     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083615     Document Type: Review

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