Sternal perforation and bifid ribs
Two men buried in the same grave in the predynastic burial ground of Adaima (Upper Egypt, around 3400 B.C. evince thoracic anomalies. One man had a bifid rib and the other a sternal perforation. Amplification and sequencing of mitochondrial DNA suggested they were maternally related. In the light of...
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| author | Marie-Laure Fily Eric Crubézy Bertrand Ludes Daniel Rougé Béatrix Midant-Reynes |
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| description | Two men buried in the same grave in the predynastic burial ground of Adaima (Upper Egypt, around 3400 B.C. evince thoracic anomalies. One man had a bifid rib and the other a sternal perforation. Amplification and sequencing of mitochondrial DNA suggested they were maternally related. In the light of these findings, we therefore sought the genetic determinism of these characteristics; they may be minor developmental anomalies arising from a similar genetic determinism with epigenic control of development. This hypothesis raises a number of implications for anthropobiological study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1eb32e8453a4a4f9a869814b41de2042023-09-03T12:07:58ZengSociété d'Anthropologie de ParisBulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris1777-54692001-06-0113210.4000/bmsap.5453Sternal perforation and bifid ribsMarie-Laure FilyEric CrubézyBertrand LudesDaniel RougéBéatrix Midant-ReynesTwo men buried in the same grave in the predynastic burial ground of Adaima (Upper Egypt, around 3400 B.C. evince thoracic anomalies. One man had a bifid rib and the other a sternal perforation. Amplification and sequencing of mitochondrial DNA suggested they were maternally related. In the light of these findings, we therefore sought the genetic determinism of these characteristics; they may be minor developmental anomalies arising from a similar genetic determinism with epigenic control of development. This hypothesis raises a number of implications for anthropobiological study.http://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/5453ancien DNApredynastic egyptdiscret traitepignetic trait |
| spellingShingle | Marie-Laure Fily Eric Crubézy Bertrand Ludes Daniel Rougé Béatrix Midant-Reynes Sternal perforation and bifid ribs Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris ancien DNA predynastic egypt discret trait epignetic trait |
| title | Sternal perforation and bifid ribs |
| title_full | Sternal perforation and bifid ribs |
| title_fullStr | Sternal perforation and bifid ribs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sternal perforation and bifid ribs |
| title_short | Sternal perforation and bifid ribs |
| title_sort | sternal perforation and bifid ribs |
| topic | ancien DNA predynastic egypt discret trait epignetic trait |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/5453 |
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