Journal
JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
Volume 272, Issue 6, Pages 744-757Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10947
Keywords
primates; cranial ontogeny; sexual dimorphism
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- CONICET [PIP-0329]
- MCINN Spain [CGL2008-00832]
- AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya [2009SGR884]
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Pattern of skull development and sexual dimorphism was studied in Cebus apella and Alouatta caraya using univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistics. In both species, sexual dimorphism develops because the common growth trajectory in males extends and because of differences in growth rates between sexes. The expectation that the ontogenetic bases of adult dimorphism vary inter-specifically is well substantiated by this study. A. caraya exhibits transitional dimorphism in its subadult stage, although the condylobasal length, zygomatic breadth, and rostrum length are strongly dimorphic in the final adult stage, being greater in males. Most cranial measurements in C. apella exhibit significant dimorphism in the adult stage, being strongly influenced by a faster rate of growth in males. Sexual dimorphism is also evidenced through sex differences in growth rates in several cranial measurements. These results also indicate that different ontogenetic mechanisms are acting in C. apella and A. caraya and reveal differences in the way through which neotropical primates attain adult sexual dimorphism. J. Morphol. 272: 744-757, 2011. (C) 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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