Hugo Schmökel

Congenital cervical pathologies in the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis and the cave bear Ursus spelaeus – Nearing extinction in Late Pleistocene times

Inbreeding is a known cause for an increased incidence of vertebral malformations. Inbreeding can be the result of geographical isolation of a diminishing wild population. A high incidence of transitional vertebrae has for example been reported in declining, inbred populations of...

Congenital cervical pathologies in the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis and the cave bear Ursus spelaeus – Nearing extinction in Late Pleistocene times

Inbreeding is a known cause for an increased incidence of vertebral malformations. Inbreeding can be the result of geographical isolation of a diminishing wild population. A high incidence of transitional vertebrae has for example been reported in declining, inbred populations of...