The relative role of drift and selection in shaping the human skull

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-82

  Betti, Lia ^a   Balloux, François ^b   Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^c   Manica, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geographic patterns; Neutral processes; Selection; Skull traits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; OSSIFICATION; SKULL;

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GENETIC DRIFT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SKULL;

EID: 74749090938     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21115     Document Type: Article

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