Evolution of the nose and nasal skeleton in primates

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 132-146

  Smith, Timothy D ^a,b   Rossie, James B ^c   Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^d  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Concha; Olfactory; Turbinal; Turbinate; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES; STREPSIRHINI; TARSIUS SYRICHTA;

EID: 34548628926     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20143     Document Type: Article

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