Tooth dimensions and body size in a Pygmy population
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Título: | Tooth dimensions and body size in a Pygmy population |
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Autor/es: | Ramírez-Rozzi, Fernando V. | Romero, Alejandro |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Grupo de Inmunología, Biología Celular y del Desarrollo |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Biotecnología |
Palabras clave: | Tooth diameters | Tooth area | Stature | Correlation | Baka Pygmies |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Biología Celular |
Fecha de publicación: | 16-oct-2019 |
Editor: | Taylor & Francis |
Cita bibliográfica: | Annals of Human Biology. 2019, 46(6): 467-474. doi:10.1080/03014460.2019.1673482 |
Resumen: | Background: The relationship between tooth size and stature has been analysed extensively at the interspecies level but has received less attention at the intraspecies level. The relationship between these two parameters does not seem to be the same among modern human populations. Aim: The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between tooth dimensions and body measurements in the Baka Pygmies. Subjects and methods: Height, weight, and tooth dimensions were obtained for 45 adult Baka females and 17 males from Le Bosquet (Cameroon). Correlations were obtained between the variables and compared to results for other human populations. Results: The Baka population is distinctive in the small number of significant correlations. Only two buccolingual diameters among Baka females show any significant correlation with height. The lack of significant correlations between tooth dimensions and body dimensions among the Baka means that changes in body size are accompanied by random variations in tooth dimensions. Conclusion: The absence of correlations may be accounted for by the impact of environmental effects on the somatic growth of the Baka producing a Pygmy phenotype adapted to live in the forest. It is worth noting that many correlations become significant when sexes are pooled. |
Patrocinador/es: | This research was funded by PICS 07492 MAMIBAKA, Wenner-Gren Foundation [grant No. 7819], National Geographic Society [grant No. 8863-10], and Agence National de la Recherche [ANR-11-BSV7-0011] to F.V.R.R. and Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad [grant Nos. CGL2011-22999 and CGL2014-52611-C2-1-P] to A.R. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/99467 |
ISSN: | 0301-4460 (Print) | 1464-5033 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1080/03014460.2019.1673482 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © Taylor & Francis |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2019.1673482 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - Grupo de Inmunología - Artículos de Revistas |
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