Age-at-death diagnosis and determination of life-history parameters by incremental lines in human dental cementum as an identification aid

2001 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Kagerer ◽  
Gisela Grupe
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Age At Death ◽  
Dental Cementum ◽  
Life History Parameters ◽  
Incremental Lines

scholarly journals Life history parameters in acellular extrinsic fiber cementum microstructure

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marija Edinborough ◽  
Sarah Fearn ◽  
Matthew Pilgrim ◽  
Andrijana Cvetković ◽  
Branko Mihailović ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Life History Parameters ◽  
Tof Sims ◽  
Elemental Detection ◽  
Secondary Ion ◽  
Incremental Lines

AbstractLife-history parameters such as pregnancies, skeletal trauma, and renal disease have previously been identified from hypomineralized growth layers (incremental lines) of acellular extrinsic fiber cementum (AEFC). The precise periodicity of these growth layers remains vaguely approximated, so causal life-history explanations using tooth cementum cannot yet be rigorously calculated or tested. On the other hand, we show how life history parameters in AEFC can be identified by two contrasting elemental detection methods. Based on our results we reject the possibility of accurate estimation of pregnancies and other life history parameters from cementum using scanning electron microscopy alone. Here, we propose a new methodological approach for cementum research, Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), to measure degree and distribution of mineralization of cementum growth layers. Our results show that Tof-SIMS can significantly increase our knowledge of cementum composition and is therefore a powerful new tool for life history researchers.

Life history parameters as possible discriminators of bluemouth Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809) populations in Portuguese waters

2012 ◽  
Vol 125-126 ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Sequeira ◽  
Ana Neves ◽  
Rafaela Barros Paiva ◽  
João Pereira de Lima ◽  
Ana Rita Vieira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life History Parameters ◽  
Helicolenus Dactylopterus
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