Phenotypic selection on the dentition in a late archaic population of Ohio
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 76 (4) , 527-533
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330760412
Abstract
Significant phenotypic selection acting on the buccolingual diameters of the permanent first and second molars is established for a Late Archaic population in Ohio. Directional selection appears to be acting on an index that increases the size of the maxillary first (UM1) and mandibular second (LM2) molars and decreases the size of the maxillary second (UM2) and mandibular first (LM1) molars. Variance selection is fundamentally disruptive but results in a more integrated (highly correlated) set of characteristics in the after‐selection sample.Keywords
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