HumansPatellaProteinsGenetic MarkersChromosome MappingPedigreeDNA Mutational AnalysisGenes, DominantLod ScoreFamily HealthPatella aplasia-hypoplasia (PTLAH) is a rare genetic defect characterized by congenital absence or marked reduction of the patella. PTLAH can occur either as an isolated defect or in ...
Since then, intense harvesting of the species by humans, facilitated by its large size and the accessibility of its habitat, has led to declines in local abundances and range fragmentation [20,21]. The species’ decline has worsened in the 20th century owing to this sustained harvesting, as ...