Leslea J Hlusko

Summary

Affiliation: University of Illinois
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Statistical genetic comparison of two techniques for assessing molar crown size in pedigreed baboons
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 117:182-9. 2002
  2. ncbi Statistical genetics of molar cusp patterning in pedigreed baboons: implications for primate dental development and evolution
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 302:268-83. 2004
  3. ncbi Genetics and the evolution of primate enamel thickness: a baboon model
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 124:223-33. 2004
  4. ncbi Protostylid variation in Australopithecus
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, 109 Davenport Hall, MC 148, 607 S Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    J Hum Evol 46:579-94. 2004
  5. ncbi Integrating the genotype and phenotype in hominid paleontology
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, 109 Davenport Hall, MC 148, 607 South Mathews Avenue, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:2653-7. 2004
  6. ncbi Genetic contributions to expression of the baboon cingular remnant
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 109 Davenport Hall, MC 148, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Arch Oral Biol 48:663-72. 2003
  7. ncbi Identifying metameric variation in extant hominoid and fossil hominid mandibular molars
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801
    Am J Phys Anthropol 118:86-97. 2002
  8. ncbi Lemudong'o: a new 6 Ma paleontological site near Narok, Kenya Rift Valley
    Stanley H Ambrose
    J Hum Evol 44:737-42. 2003
  9. ncbi Asa Issie, Aramis and the origin of Australopithecus
    Tim D White
    Human Evolution Research Center, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Nature 440:883-9. 2006
  10. ncbi Evolution of genetically correlated traits: tooth size and body size in baboons
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 131:420-7. 2006

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Statistical genetic comparison of two techniques for assessing molar crown size in pedigreed baboons
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 117:182-9. 2002
    ..Therefore, if variables like actual crown area and estimated crown area are to be used in phylogenetic parsimony analyses, we suggest that researchers account for the effects of covariates such as sex and body size in their analyses...
  2. ncbi Statistical genetics of molar cusp patterning in pedigreed baboons: implications for primate dental development and evolution
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 302:268-83. 2004
    ....
  3. ncbi Genetics and the evolution of primate enamel thickness: a baboon model
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 124:223-33. 2004
    ..These results have implications for analyses of hominoid enamel thickness variation, and provide a foundation from which to explore the evolution of this phenotype in the papionin fossil record...
  4. ncbi Protostylid variation in Australopithecus
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, 109 Davenport Hall, MC 148, 607 S Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    J Hum Evol 46:579-94. 2004
    ..These results provide a foundation for further genetic and developmental research on the evolutionary history of the hominid dentition...
  5. ncbi Integrating the genotype and phenotype in hominid paleontology
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, 109 Davenport Hall, MC 148, 607 South Mathews Avenue, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:2653-7. 2004
    ..These same advances provide ways to integrate knowledge of the genotype into the study of the phenotype. The result is an approach that promises to yield a fuller understanding of evolution below the family level...
  6. ncbi Genetic contributions to expression of the baboon cingular remnant
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 109 Davenport Hall, MC 148, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Arch Oral Biol 48:663-72. 2003
    ..These results are relevant to dental developmental studies as well as paleontological analyses of the evolution of the primate dentition...
  7. ncbi Identifying metameric variation in extant hominoid and fossil hominid mandibular molars
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801
    Am J Phys Anthropol 118:86-97. 2002
    ..These results demonstrate that data on metameric variation may provide information regarding function or developmental processes previously indiscernible from fossil material...
  8. ncbi Lemudong'o: a new 6 Ma paleontological site near Narok, Kenya Rift Valley
    Stanley H Ambrose
    J Hum Evol 44:737-42. 2003
  9. ncbi Asa Issie, Aramis and the origin of Australopithecus
    Tim D White
    Human Evolution Research Center, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Nature 440:883-9. 2006
    ..Temporal and anatomical intermediacy between Ar. ramidus and Au. afarensis suggest a relatively rapid shift from Ardipithecus to Australopithecus in this region of Africa, involving either replacement or accelerated phyletic evolution...
  10. ncbi Evolution of genetically correlated traits: tooth size and body size in baboons
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 131:420-7. 2006
    ..This is the first study to demonstrate a significant genetic correlation between tooth size and body size in primates. The evolutionary implications are discussed...
  11. ncbi Mandibular symphysis of large-bodied hominoids
    Richard J Sherwood
    Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University, Kettering, OH 45420, USA
    Hum Biol 77:735-59. 2005
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  12. ncbi Genetic correlations between mandibular molar cusp areas in baboons
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94708, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 132:445-54. 2007
    ..This cross pattern of genetic and no genetic correlation does not immediately accord with the known pattern of development and/or calcification. We propose two explanative hypotheses...
  13. ncbi A multivariate comparison of dental variation in wild and captive populations of baboons (Papio hamadryas)
    Leslea J Hlusko
    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    Arch Oral Biol 52:195-200. 2007
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