Molar size and shape in the estimation of biological ancestry: A comparison of relative cusp location using geometric morphometrics and interlandmark distances

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-279

  Kenyhercz, Michael W ^a   Klales, Alexandra R ^b,c   Kenyhercz, William E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ancestry; dental anthropology; geometric morphometrics discriminant function analysis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CUSP; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOOTH SIZE;

ANCESTRY; DENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLAR; ODONTOMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892580634     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22429     Document Type: Article

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