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Cranial suture biology of the Aleutian Island inhabitants.
Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) - 1 Apr 2011
Cray James, Mooney Mark P, Siegel Michael I
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Research on cranial suture biology suggests there is biological and taxonomic information to be garnered from the heritable pattern of suture synostosis. Suture synostosis along with brain growth patterns, diet, and biomechanical forces influence phenotypic variability in cranial vault morphology. This study was designed to determine the pattern of ectocranial suture synostosis in skeletal populations from the...
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