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JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
Volume 51, Issue 6, Pages 1235-1239Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00260.x
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forensic science; forensic anthropology; bone tissue; human versus nonhuman origin; histomorphometry; discriminant function analysis
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In order to develop an identification key for distinguishing between several mammalian species, bone structure of their compact bone tissue was analyzed using qualitative and quantitative characteristics. Ninety femora of adult male humans, pigs, cows, sheep, rabbits, and rats were studied. The average area, perimeter, minimum, and maximum diameter of 1863 Haversian canals and 1863 secondary osteons were measured using a digital image device. The observed data were first used to evaluate inter- and intraspecies diversity. After that, we applied a discriminant function analysis for differentiation of the species by these variables. Classification functions for investigated species give cross-validated correct classification rates for 76.17% of cases. This percentage value can be increased by integrating conclusions from the qualitative analysis.
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