Dispersion dimorphism in human populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 342-350

  Marini, Elisabetta ^a   Rebato, Esther ^b   Racugno, Walter ^a   Buffa, Roberto ^a   Salces, Itziar ^b   Tarli, Silvana M Borgognini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bootstrap test; Female canalization; Living populations; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN;

EID: 20444369859     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20134     Document Type: Article

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