Metamerism, morphogenesis, and the expression of carabelli and other dental traits in humans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 400-408

  Moormann, Stephanie ^a   Guatelli Steinberg, Debbie ^a   Hunter, John ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carabelli; dental development; dental evolution; hypocone; patterning cascade model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARABELLI ANOMALY; DENTITION; DENTURE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; TOOTH CROWN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DENTAL ENAMEL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLAR;

EID: 84874420445     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22216     Document Type: Article

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