Environmental stress increases variability in the expression of dental cusps

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 397-407

  Riga, Alessandro ^a   Belcastro, Maria Giovanna ^a   Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

dentition; development; phenotypic plasticity; variation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLAR; NUTRITION DISORDERS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84893952819     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22438     Document Type: Article

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