کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
101290 1422377 2016 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Bone lesions in a Late Pleistocene assemblage of the insular deer Candiacervus sp.II from Liko cave (Crete, Greece)
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
ضایعات استخوان در یک مجموعه در اواخر پلیستوسن از گوزن ساحلی Candiacervus sp.II از غار LIKO (کرت، یونان)
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی فیزیولوژی
چکیده انگلیسی

Candiacervus sp.II is one of the deer species that inhabited the island of Crete during the Late Pleistocene. The species evolved on the island under a prolonged period of isolation and, as a consequence, developed a high degree of endemism. Fossils of this species have been discovered at many Cretan sites, including Liko cave (an attritional accumulation of several thousand fossils). In this paper, we present the results of a systematic analysis of the prevalence and anatomical distribution of bone lesions of Candiacervus sp.II, from that cave. We identified one metapodial with a healed fracture and nine (various) specimens with moderate to severe degenerative lesions of osteoarthritis. The lesions were evaluated macroscopically and radiographically, and they were classified as traumatic or degenerative. Degenerative lesions that affected adult individuals had prevalence rates below 5% and were attributed to environmental or nutritional causes. Representative bones were sampled for histological evaluation, to provide essential baseline data on possible underlying disorders. The aims of this study are to provide evidence for bone disease contributing to species morbidity, and to shed new light on causes and potential palaeoecological significance.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Journal of Paleopathology - Volume 14, September 2016, Pages 36–45
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