The role of diet and temperature in shaping cranial diversification of South American human populations: An approach based on spatial regression and divergence rate tests

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-163

  Perez, S Ivan ^a   Lema, Verónica ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^b   Bernal, Valeria ^a   Gonzalez, Paula N ^a   Gobbo, Diego ^a   Pucciarelli, Héctor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human biology; Morphometric techniques; Quantitative genetic models; Shape differences; Size variation; South America; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial comparative techniques

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CARBOHYDRATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIUM; DATA SET; DIET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 78650036183     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02392.x     Document Type: Article

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