Dental microstructure and growth in the cebid primates
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Title
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Dental microstructure and growth in the cebid primates
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:8b786c7a777e:10465
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identifier
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10627
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Creator
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Hogg, Russell Thomas,
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Contributor
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Alfred Rosenberger
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Date
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2010
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Physical anthropology | Morphology | Cebidae | ecology | enamel | growth | life history | microstructure
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Abstract
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This dissertation is an analysis of growth rates in the teeth of the Cebidae, a family of New World monkeys (Platyrrhini, Primates) which includes capuchins, squirrel monkeys, tamarins, and marmosets. The dissertation is motivated by the need to: (1) further catalogue information on dental microanatomy within this group and analyze it as it relates to dietary adaptations; (2) catalogue dental growth rates in New World primates, a large group which has gone largely unstudied in this regard; (3) assess the impact which body mass, brain mass, and ecology have upon the evolution of growth patterns within primates and mammals in general; (4) better understand how physiologies (metabolism, reproduction, etc.) evolve to meet environmental demands, and (5) better understand the evolution of mating behaviors in primates. Teeth provide an excellent means to answer these questions, because they preserve permanent records of their own growth within their microscopic anatomy, in a similar manner to tree rings; therefore, we can compare growth lines (increments) within teeth of different species to better understand the evolution of growth across major groups. In order to access microanatomical data from teeth of cebid primates, this dissertation uses microscopic imaging and measurement of all eight genera within this family, focusing on circularly polarized light as an imaging modality.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Anthropology
