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ArticleAmerican journal of physical anthropology2017

Relative tooth size at birth in primates: Life history correlates.

Timothy D Smith, Magdalena N Muchlinski, Wade R Bucher, Christopher J Vinyard, Christopher J Bonar, Sian Evans, Lawrence E Williams, Valerie B DeLeon

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Article in American journal of physical anthropology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Comparative dental anatomy in newborn primates: Cusp mineralization.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Timothy D SmithSchool of Physical Therapy, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057.ORCID 0000-0002-6883-8964
Magdalena N MuchlinskiCenter for Anatomical Sciences, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107.ORCID 0000-0001-9244-5338
Wade R BucherSchool of Physical Therapy, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057.
Christopher J VinyardDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, NEOMED, Rootstown, Ohio 44272.
Christopher J BonarDallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas 75203.
Sian EvansDuMond Conservancy, Miami, Florida 33170.
Lawrence E WilliamsDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, Bastrop, Texas 78602.
Valerie B DeLeonDepartment of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611.ORCID 0000-0001-5004-5977
Slippery Rock University · USNortheast Ohio Medical University · USPerot Museum of Nature and Science · USThe Nature Conservancy · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of Florida · USUniversity of North Texas · US

Funding

WNPRC Supplemental Request for Nonhuman Primate Enclosures to Equip HIV/AIDS-Related Research FacilitiesP51OD011106 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska · 2012 to 2026
$150.7M
Squirrel Monkey Breeding and Research Resource: Resource CoreP40OD010938 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI WILLIAM D HOPKINS · 2012 to 2026
$14.9M
NIH HHS P40 OD010938NIH HHS P51 OD011106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesDental eruption schedules have been closely linked to life history variables. Here we examine a sample of 50 perinatal primates (28 species) to determine whether life history traits correlate with relative tooth size at birth. MATERIALS AND

methodsNewborn primates were studied using serial histological sectioning. Volumes of deciduous premolars (dp

resultsRelative dental volumes of deciduous or permanent teeth have an unclear relationship with relative neonatal mass in all primates. Relative palatal length (RPL), used as a proxy for midfacial size, is significantly, positively correlated with larger deciduous and permanent postcanine teeth. However, when strepsirrhines alone are examined, larger RPL is correlated with smaller RDV of permanent teeth. In the full sample, RDVs of deciduous premolars are significantly negatively correlated with relative gestation length (RGL), but have no clear relationship with relative weaning age. RDVs of molars lack a clear relationship with RGL; later weaning is associated with larger molar RDV, although correlations are not significant. When strepsirrhines alone are analyzed, clearer trends are present: longer gestations or later weaning are associated with smaller deciduous and larger permanent postcanine teeth (only gestational length correlations are significant). DISCUSSION: Our results indicate a broad trend that primates with the shortest RGLs precociously develop deciduous teeth; in strepsirrhines, the opposite trend is seen for permanent molars. Anthropoids delay growth of permanent teeth, while strepsirrhines with short RGLs are growing replacement teeth concurrently. A comparison of neonatal volumes with existing information on extent of cusp mineralization indicates that growth of tooth germs and cusp mineralization may be selected for independently.

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AnimalsAnimals, NewbornAnthropology, PhysicalFemaleMaxillaMolarOdontogenesisPrimatesTooth, Deciduousanthropoiddentalgrowthodontogenesis

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PMCPMC6092029
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