Sexual dimorphism and population variation in the adult mandible: Forensic applications of geometric morphometrics

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-22

  Franklin, Daniel ^a   O'Higgins, Paul ^b   Oxnard, Charles E ^a   Dadour, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Geometric morphometrics; Mandible; Population affinity; Sex assessment; Skeletal biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947241702     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ForensicSci.Med.Pathol.:3:1:15     Document Type: Article

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