The application of traditional and geometric morphometric analyses for forensic quantification of sexual dimorphism: Preliminary investigations in a Western Australian population

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 549-558

  Franklin, Daniel ^a   Cardini, Andrea ^a,b,c   Flavel, Ambika ^a   Kuliukas, Algis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D landmarks; Forensic anthropology; Geometric morphometrics; Population standards; Sex discrimination; Sexual dimorphism; Size measurements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEX DETERMINATION; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; SKULL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864043350     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0684-8     Document Type: Article

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