Heritability of the Human Craniofacial Complex

Anatomical Record

Volumn 298, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1535-1547

  Šešelj, Maja ^a,b   Duren, Dana L ^b,c   Sherwood, Richard J ^b,d  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial morphology; Heritability; Phylogeny reconstruction; Population history

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CEPHALOMETRY; FACIAL BONE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEREDITY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX FACTORS; SKULL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938959067     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23186     Document Type: Article

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