Sex Determination of Infant Remains
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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Tooth Enamel
SUBMITTER: 
Nicolas Stewart
LAB HEAD: Nicolas A. Stewart
PROVIDER: PXD021683 | Pride | 2021-01-28
REPOSITORIES: Pride
Publications
Sex estimation of teeth at different developmental stages using dimorphic enamel peptide analysis.
Gowland Rebecca R Stewart Nicolas A NA Crowder Kayla D KD Hodson Claire C Shaw Heidi H Gron Kurt J KJ Montgomery Janet J
American journal of physical anthropology 20210121 4
<h4>Objectives</h4>This study tests, for the first time, the applicability of a new method of sex estimation utilizing enamel peptides on a sample of deciduous and permanent teeth at different stages of mineralization, from nonadults of unknown sex, including perinates.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A total of 43 teeth from 29 nonadult individuals aged from 40 gestational weeks to 19 years old were analyzed. The sample included pairs of fully mineralized and just developing teeth from the same in ...[more]
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