Facial Growth In the Rhesus Monkey (ebook)

Argumento de Facial Growth In the Rhesus Monkey (ebook)

For a wide spectrum of scientists from biomedical and dental researchers to primatologists and physical anthropologists, Emet Schneiderman offers the most accurate and up-to-date presentation of the normal growth of the lower facial skeleton in a primate species. His study is based on a sample of thirty-five captive rhesus monkeys, whose facial growth was traced over a ten-year period spanning from infancy to adulthood. The author identifies the relative contribution of various sites of growth, quantifies the relative roles of different types of development--such as appositional and condylar--and sheds light on several long-standing controversies as to how the primate face grows. Unlike many of the traditional cephalometric measurements, the ones included in this work were chosen to reflect the positional, dimensional, and localized remodeling changes that occur during ontogeny. Using a new statistical approach designed for longitudinal data, Schneiderman avoids the misleading information that has often resulted from older, cross-sectional statistical methods. This book serves as a foundation for future experimental and normal studies in the rhesus monkey and, from a methodological standpoint, as a general model for future longitudinal growth studies.

Originally published in 1992.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.0List of Figures List of Statistical Tables Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 3 Significance 4 Approaches 5 Scope of Presentation of This Study 6 Background 7 2 Materials and Methods 19 Primate Samples 19 Radiographic Cephalometry 21 Cephalometric Measurements 40 Statistical Analysis 56 Format of Results 63 3 Age Estimation 65 Background 66 Approach 67 Findings 69 Comparison of Estimated and Actual Ages 71 Discussion and Conclusions 71 4 Results 75 Maxillary Growth and Remodeling in Males 75 Mandibular Growth and Remodeling in Males 91 Changes in the Occlusal Plane in Males 111 Coordination of Maxillomandibular Growth 114 Sexual Dimorphism 116 5 Discussion 121 Morphological Issues 121 Statistical Issues 137 6 Conclusions 143 Summary of Findings 143 Limitations of the Present Study 151 Captive versus Natural Populations 152 Comprehensive Analysis of Longitudinal Data Sets 154 Specific Areas for Future Research 155 App. A. Computer Software and Hardware 159 App. B. Age Prediction Equations 161 App. C. Statistical Tables 165 References 201 Author Index 209 Subject Index 211