Genetic contribution to dental arch size variation in Australian twins

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1015-1024

  Eguchi, Shosei ^a   Townsend, Grant C ^a   Richards, Lindsay C ^a   Hughes, Toby ^a   Kasai, Kazutaka ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arch breadth; Arch length; Heritability; Palatal height; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH ARCH; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; DENTAL ARCH; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MODELS, GENETIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 5644249563     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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