Severe soft tissue ossification in a southern right whale Eubalaena australis
| Autor: | Luciana M. Pozzi, Eileen M. Shore, Erwin J. O. Kompanje, Denise McAloose, Inga F. Sidor, Frederick S. Kaplan, Marcela Uhart, Luciana Musmeci, Luciano F. La Sala |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Axial skeleton biology Ossification Eubalaena australis Ossification Heterotopic Whales Anatomy Aquatic Science medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Article Baleen whale Marine mammal medicine.anatomical_structure Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva medicine Animals Heterotopic ossification medicine.symptom Right whale Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 102:149-156 |
| ISSN: | 1616-1580 0177-5103 |
| DOI: | 10.3354/dao02538 |
| Popis: | The carcass of a stranded southern right whale Eubalaena australis, discovered on the coast of Golfo Nuevo in Península Valdés, Argentina, exhibited extensive orthotopic and heterotopic ossification, osteochondroma-like lesions, and early degenerative joint disease. Extensive soft tissue ossification led to ankylosis of the axial skeleton in a pattern that, in many respects, appeared more similar to a disabling human genetic disorder, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), than to more common skeletal system diseases in cetaceans and other species. This is the first reported case of a FOP-like condition in a marine mammal and raises important questions about conserved mechanisms of orthotopic and heterotopic ossification in this clade. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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