Testing microstructural adaptation in the earliest dental tools

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 952-955

  Jones, David ^a   Evans, Alistair R ^b   Rayfield, Emily J ^a   Siu, Karen K W ^b,c   Donoghue, Philip C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conodont; Finite element analysis; Teeth; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONODONT; DIET; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; TOOTH;

EID: 84869806118     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0487     Document Type: Article

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