Improving stable isotopic interpretations made from human hair through reduction of growth cycle error.
Improving stable isotopic interpretations made from human hair through reduction of growth cycle error.
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通过减少生长周期误差来改善对人类头发的稳定同位素解释。
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
F. Longstaffe
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作者:
L. Williams;C. White;F. Longstaffe
A recent trend in stable isotopic analysis involves the reconstruction of short-term variations in diet using hair segments. However, bulk hair samples typically contain a growth cycle error, which may conceal or confound the most recently incorporated isotopic information. It is assumed that, at any given time, ∼85-90% of scalp hairs are actively growing, while the remaining 10-15% have transitioned into a resting or inactive phase, which lasts up to 4 months before hairs are shed. This study uses growth phase to determine the effects of age, sex, and health status on carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios of hair analyzed in sequential segments. For this study, we selected archaeological hair samples from 10 individuals from Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. Isotopic analyses of actively growing hair segments were compared to those for mixed growth phase segments from each individual. These data demonstrate the presence of growth cycle error and show that an understanding of structural-functional relationships is essential for interpreting normal versus pathological changes in hair follicle and fiber production. In situations where diet change and mobility produce variations in an individual's isotopic composition, elimination of positional-temporal error in sequential segment hair analyses can facilitate greater understanding of intraindividual metabolic reactions and changes in hair growth cycles. Phase identification may aid in determining the presence of pathological conditions in individuals, especially in those lacking skeletal indications, and provide a more precise estimation of seasonal dietary patterns, access to changing food resources, and metabolic equilibration to a new locality.
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发表时间:
1998
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Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals.
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作者:
Stout,PR;Ruth,JA
通讯作者:
Ruth,JA