Dental and phylogeographic patterns of variation in gorillas

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-34

  Pilbrow, Varsha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation; Chimpanzees; Drift; Gene flow; Gorilla; Hominins; Molar morphometrics; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; DENTITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; CROSS RIVER [(RVR) WEST AFRICA]; EAST AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; UGANDA; VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS; WEST AFRICA;

GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PAN;

EID: 77954217964     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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