http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/8556
Title: | New tomographic contribution to characterizing mesosaurid congenital scoliosis |
Authors: | Szczygielski, Tomasz Dróżdż, Dawid Surmik, Dawid Kapuścińska, Agnieszka Rothschild, Bruce M. |
Keywords: | mesosaurid congenital scoliosis; CT data |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Citation: | PLoS ONE, Vol. 14, iss. 2(2019), Art. No. e0212416 |
Abstract: | The presence of a pathology in the vertebral column of the early Permian mesosaurid specimen ZPAL R VII/1, being one of the oldest amniotic occurrences of congenital scoliosis caused by a hemivertebra, was recently recognized. Here we provide CT data to further characterize the phenomenon. The affected hemivertebra is wedged (incarcerated) between the preceding and succeeding vertebrae. The neural canal is misshapen but continuous and the number of dorsal ribs on each side of the specimen corresponds with the number of the vertebrae, documenting its congenital (homeobox-related) derivation. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/8556 |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0212416 |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
Appears in Collections: | Artykuły (WNP) |
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