Sequential changes in weight of the skeleton and in length of long limb bones of Macaca mulatta
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8319359 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mildred Trotter (Washington University in St. Louis), Barbara B Hixon (Washington University in St. Louis), Susan S Deaton (Washington University in St. Louis) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-93 |
| Publication date | 1975-07-01 |
| 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.1330430112 |
| PMID | 1155594 |
| OpenAlex | W2030030166 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
In a collection of 274 monkeys ( Macaca mulatta ) the relative weight of the dry, fat‐free skeleton, expressed as a proportion of total body weight, increases significantly throughout the gestational period to approximately 6% with only random variation after birth. The weight of the fetal skeleton increases exponentially with age. In the postnatal period the skeletal weight increases asymptotically to adulthood, which is considered to be 6.5 years of age. Equations for estimating skeletal weight are presented. Of four subdivisions of the skeleton, the skull contributes the greatest proportion of total skeletal weight in the fetal stage with the proportion decreasing to adulthood. The contributions of the other subdivisions, postcranial axial, superior limb, and inferior limb, are nearly equal in the fetal stage, with that of only the inferior limb increasing to adulthood, when it makes up the greatest proportion of total skeletal weight. Until the last third of the gestational period, the humerus is longer than the femur and the radius longer than the tibia. Thereafter, the inferior limbs grow at a faster rate than the superior limbs, resulting in an intermembral index of approximately 95% by birth and less than 90% by adulthood
Biology · Birth weight · Body weight · Femur · Fetus · Humerus · Postcrania · Pregnancy · Skeleton (computer programming) · Skull · Tibia · Ulna · Anatomy · Endocrinology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
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Body weight
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2022 (47) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |