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Canine “Field” in Sexual Dimorphism of Tooth Size

Nature volume 212, pages 1501–1502 (1966)Cite this article

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AMONG primates, sexual dimorphism in the size of permanent teeth is usually greatest for the canine tooth, that of the male exceeding that of the female by 3–7 per cent in Hylobates agilis and Homo sapiens and by nearly as much as 80 per cent in Papio anubis. Such dimorphism raises the theoretical question of whether the canine itself is exclusively involved, or whether the degree of sexual dimorphism spills over to adjacent teeth in the form of a “field”.

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    STANLEY M. GARN & ROSE S. KEREWSKY

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GARN, S., KEREWSKY, R. & SWINDLER, D. Canine “Field” in Sexual Dimorphism of Tooth Size. Nature 212, 1501–1502 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2121501b0

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