Dental macrowear reveals ecological diversity of Gorilla spp.
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Títol: | Dental macrowear reveals ecological diversity of Gorilla spp. |
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Autors: | Harty, Teagan | Berthaume, Michael A. | Bortolini, Eugenio | Evans, Alistair R. | Galbany, Jordi | Guy, Franck | Kullmer, Ottmar | Lazzari, Vincent | Romero, Alejandro | Fiorenza, Luca |
Grups d'investigació o GITE: | Grupo de Inmunología, Biología Celular y del Desarrollo |
Centre, Departament o Servei: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Biotecnología | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico |
Paraules clau: | Gorillas | Diet | Dental macrowear | Ecological diversity |
Àrees de coneixement: | Biología Celular |
Data de publicació: | 2-de juny-2022 |
Editor: | Springer Nature |
Citació bibliogràfica: | Scientific Reports. 2022, 12:9203. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12488-8 |
Resum: | Size and shape variation of molar crowns in primates plays an important role in understanding how species adapted to their environment. Gorillas are commonly considered to be folivorous primates because they possess sharp cusped molars which are adapted to process fibrous leafy foods. However, the proportion of fruit in their diet can vary significantly depending on their habitats. While tooth morphology can tell us what a tooth is capable of processing, tooth wear can help us to understand how teeth have been used during mastication. The objective of this study is to explore if differences in diet at the subspecies level can be detected by the analysis of molar macrowear. We analysed a large sample of second lower molars of Grauer’s, mountain and western lowland gorilla by combining the Occlusal Fingerprint Analysis method with other dental measurements. We found that Grauer’s and western lowland gorillas are characterised by a macrowear pattern indicating a larger intake of fruit in their diet, while mountain gorilla’s macrowear is associated with the consumption of more folivorous foods. We also found that the consumption of herbaceous foods is generally associated with an increase in dentine and enamel wear, confirming the results of previous studies. |
Patrocinadors: | This study was supported by the Australian Research Council (Grant Number: DP190100465), by the the French National Research Agency (Grant Number: ANR-17-CE02-0010-01), by the Primate Research Institute Cooperative Research Program (Grant Number: 2016-B-91), and by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Grant Number: PID2020-114517GB-I00). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/124159 |
ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-022-12488-8 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipus: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Drets: | © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
Revisió científica: | si |
Versió de l'editor: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12488-8 |
Apareix a la col·lecció: | INV - Grupo de Inmunología - Artículos de Revistas |
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