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Skeletal growth and the changing genetic landscape during childhood and adulthood.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jan 2013
Duren Dana L, Seselj Maja, Froehle Andrew W, Nahhas Ramzi W, Sherwood Richard J
Abstract excerpt
Growth, development, and decline of the human skeleton are of central importance to physical anthropology. All processes of skeletal growth (longitudinal growth as well as gains and losses of bone mass) are subjected to environmental and genetic influences. These influences, and their relative contributions to the phenotype, can be asserted at any stage of life. We present here the gross phenotypic and genetic...
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