Regional isolation in the Balkan region: An analysis of craniofacial variation

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-80

  Ross, Ann H ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balkans; Craniometrics; Human variation; Multivariate statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; CRANIOFACIAL VARIATION; CRANIOMETRY; CROATIA; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HUMAN; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLESIOMORPHY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; SKULL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CROATIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HUMANS; SKULL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543101588     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10339     Document Type: Article

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