Sutural growth restriction and modern human facial evolution: An experimental study in a pig model

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-61

  Holton, Nathan E ^a,b   Franciscus, Robert G ^a,b   Nieves, Mary Ann ^c   Marshall, Steven D ^a   Reimer, Steven B ^c   Southard, Thomas E ^a   Keller, John C ^a   Maddux, Scott D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaic Homo; Canine fossa; Facial retraction; Facial size reduction; Infraorbital shape; Sus scrofa; Sutural rigid plate fixation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; FACE DEVELOPMENT; MAXILLA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKULL BASE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUTURE; TEMPORAL BONE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE PLATES; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIAL SUTURES; EVOLUTION; FACIAL BONES; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, ANIMAL; SKULL; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 73149090974     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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