Canine root development and morphology inMacaca nemestrina |
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Authors: | Daris R Swindler |
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Institution: | (1) University of Washington, USA;(2) 1212, 8th Avenue N., 98020 Edmonds, Washington, USA |
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Abstract: | Recently,Yoshikawa andDeguchi (1992) reported an unusually high frequency (40%) of two-rooted maxillary canines inMacaca fuscata females and a complete absence of this trait in males. In the present study, canine root development and morphology was examined
using cephalographs taken on 50 male and 50 femaleMacaca nemestrina, and 20 male and 20 femalePapio cynocephalus for comparison with the Japanese macaque. The results showed no double-rooted canines present in either species in the upper
or lower canines. This supports the general rule that, among primates, canines possess a single-root. It was further suggested
that the two-rooted canines inM. fuscata may be the result of the founder effect, i.e. that the genes for this trait may have been carried by the initial populations
when they arrived on the islands sometime during the middle to late Pleistocene. |
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Keywords: | Canine root number Macaca nemestrina Papio cynocephalus |
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