Sexual dimorphism in America: Geometric morphometric analysis of the craniofacial region

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-57

  Kimmerle, Erin H ^a   Ross, Ann ^b   Slice, Dennis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Geometric morphometrics; Sex estimation; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DATA BASE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; SKULL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; SKULL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049100890     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00627.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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