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Conjoined twins at angel mounds? an ancient DNA perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8314197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charla Marshall (0000-0002-8495-1748, Indiana University Bloomington, corresponding author), Patricia A Tench (University of Cincinnati), Della Collins Cook (0000-0002-7637-9147, Indiana University Bloomington), Frederika A Kaestle (Indiana University Bloomington) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 146 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 138-142 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.21557 |
| PMID | 21834072 |
| OpenAlex | W2036877450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 25 |
Conjoined twins are born when a single fertilized egg partially splits into two fetuses. A hypothetical case of infant conjoined twins from Angel Mounds, a Middle Mississippian site (A.D. 1050–1400) on the Ohio River near Evansville, Indiana, was discovered in 1941. Morphological analysis does not rule out the field interpretation of this double burial as twins. Ancient mitochondrial DNA recovered from both infants demonstrates that they were not maternal relatives, and hence that they cannot have been conjoined twins. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Ancient DNA · Archaeology · Biology · Conjoined twins · Genealogy · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Sociology · Anatomy · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy · Demography · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Paleontology · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |