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@article{1123300,
author = {Králík, Miroslav and Urbanová, Petra and Wagenknechtová, Martina},
article_number = {January 2014},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.08.029},
keywords = {Clavicle;Sex assessment;Side asymmetry;The University of Athens Human Skeletal Reference Collection;Inter-population variations;Intra-population variations},
language = {eng},
issn = {0379-0738},
journal = {Forensic Science International},
title = {Sex Assessment Using Clavicle Measurements: Inter- and Intra-Population Comparisons},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073813004076},
volume = {234},
year = {2014}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1123300
AU - Králík, Miroslav - Urbanová, Petra - Wagenknechtová, Martina
PY - 2014
TI - Sex Assessment Using Clavicle Measurements: Inter- and Intra-Population Comparisons
JF - Forensic Science International
VL - 234
IS - January 2014
SP - "181.e1"-"181.e15"
EP - "181.e1"-"181.e15"
SN - 03790738
KW - Clavicle;Sex assessment;Side asymmetry;The University of Athens Human Skeletal Reference Collection;Inter-population variations;Intra-population variations
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073813004076
L2 - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073813004076
N2 - We studied sexual dimorphism of the human clavicle in order to describe size variation and create population-specific discriminant tools for morphometric sex assessment. The studied sample consisted of 200 skeletons of adult individuals obtained from the University of Athens Human Skeletal Reference Collection, Athens, Greece. The specimens were well-documented and represented a modern population from cemeteries in the Athens area. Six dimensions typically used for clavicle measurements were recorded. For sexing clavicles, we used both traditional univariate (limiting, demarking and sectioning points) and multivariate discriminant function analysis. The accuracy of the best five classification equations/functions ranged from 91.62% to 92.55% of correctly assigned specimens. By testing new and previously published sexing functions (Greeks, Polynesians, Guatemalans) on four available population samples (English, Indians from Amritsar, Indians from Varanasi, and data from the present study) we found that, for some combinations of tested and reference samples, the accuracy of the sex assessment may decrease even below the probability given by random sex assignment. Therefore, measurements of the clavicle should not be used for sex assessment of individual cases (both forensic and archeological) whose population origin is unknown. However, significant metric differences were also recorded among three different Greek samples (i.e. within a population). As a consequence, application of a sexing method generated from one Greek sample and applied to another Greek sample led to negligible reduction in the success of sex assessment, despite general similarities in ethnic origin (Greeks), generation structure and presumed social background of the samples. Therefore, we believe that future studies should focus on understanding the nature of the differences among within-population reference samples.
ER -
KRÁLÍK, Miroslav, Petra URBANOVÁ and Martina WAGENKNECHTOVÁ. Sex Assessment Using Clavicle Measurements: Inter- and Intra-Population Comparisons. \textit{Forensic Science International}. 2014, vol.~234, January 2014, p.~''181.e1''-''181.e15'', 15 pp. ISSN~0379-0738. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.08.029.
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