Comparative postcranial body shape and locomotion in Chlorocebus aethiops and Cercopithecus mitis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-239

  Anapol, F ^a   Turner, T R ^a   Mott, C S ^a   Jolly, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecine; Limb proportions; Locomotion; Sexual dimorphism; Social organization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CERCOPITHECUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATING; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SKELETON; TAIL; THIGH; THORAX; TRUNK;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CERCOPITHECUS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; KENYA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIL;

EID: 18644375692     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20055     Document Type: Article

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