Facial dysplasia in wild chimpanzees
Corresponding Author
Sabrina Krief
UMR 7206 CNRS/MNHN/P7, Ecoathropologie et ethnobiologie, CP 135, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Projet pour la conservation des grands singes (PCGS), UWA Sebitoli Station, Kibale National Park, Fort Portal, Uganda
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Sabrina Krief, UMR 7206 CNRS/MNHN/P7, Ecoathropologie et ethnobiologie, CP 135, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 5, France.
Tel.: +33 1 40 79 53 37;
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Search for more papers by this authorJean-Michel Krief
Projet pour la conservation des grands singes (PCGS), UWA Sebitoli Station, Kibale National Park, Fort Portal, Uganda
Search for more papers by this authorGérard Couly
Université Paris Descartes, Institut de la Bouche et du Visage de l'Enfant, Hôpital Universitaire Necker 149, Paris, France
UMR 7221 CNRS/MNHN, Evolution des régulations endocriniennes, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorGiovanni Levi
UMR 7221 CNRS/MNHN, Evolution des régulations endocriniennes, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Sabrina Krief
UMR 7206 CNRS/MNHN/P7, Ecoathropologie et ethnobiologie, CP 135, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Projet pour la conservation des grands singes (PCGS), UWA Sebitoli Station, Kibale National Park, Fort Portal, Uganda
Correspondence
Sabrina Krief, UMR 7206 CNRS/MNHN/P7, Ecoathropologie et ethnobiologie, CP 135, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 5, France.
Tel.: +33 1 40 79 53 37;
fax: +33 688 24 15 96;
e-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorJean-Michel Krief
Projet pour la conservation des grands singes (PCGS), UWA Sebitoli Station, Kibale National Park, Fort Portal, Uganda
Search for more papers by this authorGérard Couly
Université Paris Descartes, Institut de la Bouche et du Visage de l'Enfant, Hôpital Universitaire Necker 149, Paris, France
UMR 7221 CNRS/MNHN, Evolution des régulations endocriniennes, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorGiovanni Levi
UMR 7221 CNRS/MNHN, Evolution des régulations endocriniennes, Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
At least 10% of the Sebitoli chimpanzee community of the Kibale National Park (Uganda) present a characteristic facial phenotype with flattened nose, reduced nostrils, and concave mid-face. Affected individuals do not present skin lesions, and also young infants are affected. We suggest, therefore, a congenital origin of this defect.
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