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2 - The Contribution of Angiogenesis to Variation in Bone Development and Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2017

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Christopher J. Percival ,
Kazuhiko Kawasaki ,
Yuan Huang ,
Kenneth Weiss ,
Ethylin Wang Jabs ,
Runze Li  and
Joan T. Richtsmeier
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Christopher J. Percival  and
Joan T. Richtsmeier
Christopher J. Percival
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
Joan T. Richtsmeier
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
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Building Bones: Bone Formation and Development in Anthropology , pp. 26 - 51
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Print publication year: 2017

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