Fusion patterns of craniofacial sutures in rhesus monkey skulls of known age and sex from Cayo Santiago

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-485

  Wang, Qian ^a   Strait, David S ^b   Dechow, Paul C ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Carniofacial skeleton; Function; Primate; Sexual dimorphism; Sutural fusion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GROWTH; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE; PUERTO RICO; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; CRANIAL SUTURES; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL;

EID: 33749490234     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20481     Document Type: Article

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