Genetic and environmental contributions to variation in baboon cranial morphology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Roseman, Charles C ^a   Willmore, Katherine E ^b   Rogers, Jeffrey ^c,g   Hildebolt, Charles ^d   Sadler, Brooke E ^e   Richtsmeier, Joan T ^b   Cheverud, James M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint; Evolvability; Heritability; Homoiology; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MASTICATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SKULL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CEPHALOMETRY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PAPIO; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956101211     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21341     Document Type: Article

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