Evidence for the influence of diet on cranial form and robusticity

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 630-641

  Menegaz, Rachel A ^a   Sublett, Samantha V ^b   Figueroa, Said D ^b   Hoffman, Timothy J ^a,b   Ravosa, Matthew J ^a   Aldridge, Kristina ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial globularity; Cranial vault thickness; Dietary properties; Masticatory stresses loads; Plasticity; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EVOLUTION; FRONTAL BONE; LOCOMOTION; MASTICATION; METABOLISM; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKULL; ZYGOMA;

ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; DIET; EVOLUTION; RABBITS; SKULL BASE; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; ZYGOMA;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77950874749     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21134     Document Type: Article

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