Sexual dimorphism of the pelvic architecture: A struggling response to destructive and parsimonious forces by natural & mate selection

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Leong, Aaron ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; CHILDBIRTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMUR; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAIT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PELVIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBIC BONE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 33645318992     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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