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Variation in maxillary sinus anatomy among platyrrhine monkeys.
Journal of human evolution - 1 Sept 2005
Nishimura Takeshi D, Takai Masanaru, Tsubamoto Takehisa, Egi Naoko, Shigehara Nobuo
Abstract excerpt
Variations in the maxillary sinus anatomy of extant and fossil catarrhine primates have been extensively examined using computed tomography (CT), and have potential utility for phylogenetic analyses. This approach has also been used to demonstrate its anatomical variation in eight of the 16 extant genera of platyrrhines and the absence of the sinus in Saimiri and Cacajao. We used this approach to evaluate the...
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