Premolar root morphology and metric variation in Pan troglodytes verus

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 632-646

  Moore, N Collin ^a   Skinner, Matthew M ^a,b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

canal morphology; jaw size; Pan; root morphology; root phenotype

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BICUSPID; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MANDIBLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH ROOT; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84875242276     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22239     Document Type: Article

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