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Amelogenesis imperfecta in the dentition of a wild chimpanzee.

Ian TowleJoel D IrishIsabelle De Groote
Published in: Journal of medical primatology (2017)
This report describes a case of amelogenesis imperfecta in the dentition of a female chimpanzee. Amelogenesis imperfecta is a group of rare genetic conditions that create severe enamel defects, which, although well researched in humans, has not yet been investigated in wild non-human primates.
Keyphrases
  • endothelial cells
  • genetic diversity
  • genome wide
  • early onset
  • pluripotent stem cells
  • copy number
  • dna methylation
  • mass spectrometry