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ArticleJournal of anatomy2021

Familial occurrence of skeletal developmental anomalies as a reflection of biological relationships in a genealogically documented Central European sample (19th to 20th centuries).

Jan Cvrček, Vítězslav Kuželka, Tomáš Jor, Ján Dupej, Martin Horák, Ondřej Naňka, Jaroslav Brůžek, Petr Velemínský

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Article in Journal of anatomy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Jan CvrčekDepartment of Anthropology, National Museum, Prague 20, Horní Počernice, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-6684-2900
Vítězslav KuželkaDepartment of Anthropology, National Museum, Prague 20, Horní Počernice, Czech Republic.
Tomáš JorDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Ján DupejDepartment of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Martin HorákDepartment of Radiology, Homolka Hospital, Prague 5, Czech Republic.
Ondřej NaňkaInstitute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Jaroslav BrůžekDepartment of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Petr VelemínskýDepartment of Anthropology, National Museum, Prague 20, Horní Počernice, Czech Republic.
Charles University · CZNational Museum · CZNa Homolce Hospital · CZ

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Abstract

Skeletal developmental anomalies (SDA) are a subject of constant interest across scientific disciplines, but still mostly as isolates and curiosities. The aim of this study was to find out to what extent the occurrence of SDA reflects documented biological relationships. The skeletal remains of 34 individuals with known genealogical data were available, members of one family over four generations (19th to 20th centuries, Bohemia, Czech Republic), including some inbred individuals. The occurrence of 89 SDA was assessed on the basis of scopic morphological evaluation and X-ray and CT examinations. The degree of similarity between individuals was calculated using a "similarity coefficient" (SC). A linear model was used to test the relationship between positive values of the SC and the relatedness of biologically related individuals. Simultaneously, based on population frequencies of the evaluated anomalies, those that could be considered familial were recorded. A statistically significant relationship between morphological similarity and the biological distance between individuals was found. The greatest similarity was found among close relatives such as parents and children, siblings, or grandparents and grandchildren. The effect of increased consanguinity on the occurrence of anomalies was not confirmed, however. Seventeen SDA shared by closely related individuals were found in the sample, supporting the documented family relationships among them. Eleven of these were selected as possibly familial, but only five were statistically significant: an elongated styloid process, a cervical block vertebrae (arch, facet joints), hamate hamulus aplasia, anteater nose sign, and incomplete fusion of the S1 spinous process. There were also 28 cases of individual occurrences of 17 different SDA, without connection to the documented relationships between individuals.

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Body RemainsCervical VertebraeChildHumansNeckTemporal Bonebiodistanceheredityinbreedingossificationsimilarity coefficient

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