Evolution of genetically correlated traits: Tooth size and body size in baboons

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 420-427

  Hlusko, Leslea J ^a   Lease, Loren R ^b   Mahaney, Michael C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental variation; Papio hamadryas; Pleiotropy; Primate evolution; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; TOOTH SIZE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY CONSTITUTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; ODONTOMETRY; PAPIO; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TOOTH;

EID: 33750144096     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20435     Document Type: Article

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