The developmental clock of dental enamel: A test for the periodicity of prism cross-striations in modern humans and an evaluation of the most likely sources of error in histological studies of this kind

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-55

  Antoine, Daniel ^a   Hillson, Simon ^a   Dean, M Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age at death; Archaeology; Circadian; Cross striations; Dental development; Enamel; Neonatal line; Periodicity

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENTITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISOR; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENTAL ENAMEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ODONTOGENESIS; TOOTH;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 58149345988     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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