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Sequence of ossification of the foot in marmosets (Saguinus oedipus)

✍ Scribed by Bertram S. Kraus; John K. Hampton Jr.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1969
Tongue
English
Weight
275 KB
Volume
30
Category
Article
ISSN
0002-9483

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✦ Synopsis

The cleared and alizarin-stained feet of eight marmoset (Saguinus oedipus) fetuses revealed a sequence of initial ossification of the 19 bones of the foot that is almost totally different from that of man. The most striking difference is in the order of ossification of the distal phalanx of the big toe; in man it is the first bone to commence ossification, in the marmoset it is the fourteenth. It is suggested that the sequence of initial ossification in the foot may be species specific among the primates and may serve as a useful marker of teratogenic action.

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