Genetic and environmental contributions to variation in human tooth size.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00878.x

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Genetic and environmental contributions to variation in human tooth size.

Heredity - 1 Jun 2001

Dempsey P J, Townsend G C

Abstract excerpt

Human dental crowns are complex structures without simple genetic or environmental determination, but mathematical modelling of data from family studies is now providing a more complete picture of their ontogeny. Mesiodistal (MD) and buccolingual (BL) dental crown diameters were recorded from almost 600 monozygotic and dizygotic twins, and univariate biometrical models were fitted to the data for 28 permanent...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Child
Cuspid
Environment
Female
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molar
Sex Characteristics
Tooth
Twins
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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PMID: 11595049
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00878.x

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