Sex-related characters in the pelvic bone of domestic sheep (Qvis aries)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12480437
AutoresTove Hatting (Copenhagen Zoo, autor de correspondencia)
Año1995
Número4
Páginas71-76
Fecha de publicación1995-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeofauna (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1132-6891
EditorialServicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15366/archaeofauna1995.4.007
OpenAlexW48323961
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5

The os pelvis, in particular the thickness of the symphyses, the caudal angle between the ossa ischiae and the morphology of the os ilium from a collection of sheep with known age and sex has been examined. In ewes the os pubis develops the pecten ossis pubis as the animals become older. In rams and wethers this bone will increase in thickness although in the latter such development will be more moderate than in rams. In females the angle between the ossa ischiae will become larger with age whereas in males it will become smaller. These characters will prove of use in the analysis of sheep remains from archaeological sites

Biology · Zoology · Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock · Reproductive Physiology in Livestock · Anatomy