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## Abstract __Gorilla gorilla__ and the less‐studied __G. beringei__ occupy very different, geographically separate habitats. We studied the occurrence of various forms of arthritis to examine possible nature/nurture causality. The macerated skeletons of 38 __G. beringei__ and 99 __G. gorilla__ individuals were examined macroscopically for the presence of articular and osseous pathologies. Contrasting with only isolated osteoarthritis and infectious arthritis was the frequent occurrence of a form of erosive arthritis associated with joint fusion. Twenty‐one percent of the __G. beringei__ and 20% of __G. gorilla__ specimens were afflicted, which are statistically indistinguishable frequencies. While both had prominent axial disease, they differed in patterns of peripheral arthritis. Whereas __G. beringei__ showed a pauciarticular pattern, the pattern in __G. gorilla__ was more often polyarticular. Susceptibility to spondyloarthropathy was apparently genetically imprinted before __Gorilla__ separated into __G. gorilla__ and __G. beringei__. However, the different patterns of peripheral joint involvement suggest a causality resulting from lifestyle (e.g., the presence/absence or exten

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Author

Bruce M. Rothschild; Frank J. Rühli

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0275-2565)

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)