Open AccessA Geographic Cline of Skull and Brain Morphology among Individuals of European Ancestry
Author(s) -
Trygve E. Bakken,
Anders M. Dale,
Nicholas J. Schork
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
human heredity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1423-0062
pISSN - 0001-5652
DOI - 10.1159/000330168
Subject(s) - cline (biology) , skull , brain morphometry , biology , population , evolutionary biology , neuroimaging , single nucleotide polymorphism , genetics , genotype , demography , anatomy , medicine , neuroscience , magnetic resonance imaging , gene , radiology , sociology
Human skull and brain morphology are strongly influenced by genetic factors, and skull size and shape vary worldwide. However, the relationship between specific brain morphology and genetically-determined ancestry is largely unknown.
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