Publication Date:
1983-11-04
Description:
The strongly paedomorphic skull form in the pygmy chimpanzee results from the heterochronic process of neoteny. This cranial paedomorphosis and neoteny in Pan paniscus may be related to reduced sexual dimorphism in morphology and behavior. The interspecific differences in form result from shifts in the rate and timing of similar patterns of development.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shea, B T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Nov 4;222(4623):521-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6623093" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Aging
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Animals
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Biological Evolution
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Biometry
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Bone Development
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Bone and Bones/anatomy & histology
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Pan troglodytes/*anatomy & histology
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Skull/*anatomy & histology/growth & development
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Species Specificity
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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