Lauc 2003.1 65 1951). A polygenetic model was suggested after pheno- types were compared with the expected Hardy-Wein- berg distribution (Goose and Lee, 1971). The trait occurs mostly bilaterally with symmetrically expressed grades (Alvesalo et al., 1975; Thomas et al., 1986; Laatikainen and Ranta, 1996), and, in asymmetric situations, no direc- tional asymmetry has been detected (Townsend and Martin, 1992). These same authors sug- gest a genetic basis for the fluctuating trait asymmetry as a consequence of developmental instability, namely the degree of individuals’ heterozygosity in the population (Townsend and Martin, 1992). Hence, it should be of in- terest to analyze a population with high homozygosity and to compare the phenotypic trait distributions and the degree of trait symmetry among its subpopulations defined by degree of homozygosity. The Carabelli trait is a well-known morphological feature positioned at the mesiolingual surface of maxil- lary molars and the trait is expressed along a continuum of a wide range of pits, crescents, grooves and cusps. Carabelli’s trait is most commonly observed in Euro- pean populations where frequencies vary from 50% to 90% (Laatikanen and Ranta, 1996). Kiesser and van der Merwe (1984) evaluated the clas- sificatory reliability of four grading systems that have been described in the literature, showing Dahlberg’s eight-grade classification to be the most confidently ap- plied. In general, Carabelli traits can be divided into two main groups: positive features (protuberance and cusp- form structures) and negative features (furrow and pit- form structures), with few morphological variations in both groups (Alvesalo et al., 1975; Townsend and Brown, 1981; Laatikanen and Ranta, 1996). This classification commonly has been used in interpopulation analyses (Alvesalo et al., 1975). Although most authors agree that the Carabelli trait is genetically determined, the basis of inheritance is still not clear. Some twins studies suggest that the heritabil- ity of the trait is low (Biggerstaff, 1973; Alvesallo et al., 1975; Scott and Potter, 1984), whereas other results sug- gest high heritability (Škrinjarić, 1985; Townsend and Martin, 1992). Early studies proposed a single-gene, autosomal dominant genetic model (Dietz, 1944) and an intermediate two-allele mode of inheritance (Kraus, INFLUENCE OF INBREEDING ON THE CARABELLI TRAIT IN A HUMAN ISOLATE Tomislav Lauc* Institute for Anthropological Research, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia *Address for correspondence: Tomislav Lauc, Institute for Anthropological Research, Amruševa 8, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia E-mail: tom@inantro.hr ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of increased homozygosity due to inbreed- ing on the phenotypic distribution of the Carabelli trait. The sample consisted of 224 dental casts representing 20.2% of the total children aged 7 to 14 years from the endogamous, inbred population of the Island of Hvar, Croatia. Inbreeding analysis compared the children with different rates of grandparental endogamy relative to the expression of Carabelli’s trait. The design evalu- ated the effect of inbreeding on Carabelli trait on the maxillary permanent first molar within a natural setting of reduced variability of environmental factors. Very high frequency of the Carabelli trait was ob- served for the permanent first molar on both sides of the arcade (84% and 86% on left and right sides). Significant difference among the groups who have different de- grees of inbreeding was found when Carabelli trait was divided into absent, negative features, and a positive cusp using Dahlberg’s grading system. It seems that Carabelli’s trait is strongly genetically determined, and present findings imply it may be con- trolled byrecessive alleles. If heterogeneous polygenic developmental modules are responsible for the diver- sity of Carabelli’s trait, they stay relatively stable after initiation of the developmental process when it appears that other environmental factors have no measurable ef- fect. Dental Anthropology 2003;16(3):65-72. Editor’s note: Mr. Lauc’s paper was awarded First Prize for 2002 in the Albert A. Dahlberg student research competition sponsored by the Dental Anthropology Association. Tomislav Lauc 66 67 An appropriate data set for such analysis is a well- investigated population divided into subpopulations that share similar environmental conditions. During 30 years of continuous interdisciplinary investigation of the rural population of the Adriatic island of Hvar different biomedical, sociocultural, biocultural, genetic and orofacial traits have been studied (Rudan, 1972; Ru- dan et al., 1982a,b, 1986; Roguljić et al., 1997; Janićijević, 1994; Smolej, 1987; Sujoldžić, 1997; Šimić and Rudan, 1990; Šimić et al., 1992; Martinović et al., 1998; Waddle et al., 1998). Population structure studies (Roguljić et al., 1997; Rudan et al. 1990) indicate notably high levels of inbreeding, endogamy, and isonymous marriages (mar- riages between individuals sharing the same surname) on this island, thus identifying the population of Hvar as one of the last genetic isolates in Europe. Such a population is an interesting model for orofacial genetic analyses because the main genetic consequence of in- breeding is to increase the proportion of homozygotes in the population (Bodmer and Cavalli-Sforza, 1976). If some recessive genes are responsible for phenotypic trait expression, prevalence of such expression is expect- ed to be higher in an inbred than in the general popula- tion. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of elevated homozygosity on the phenotypic distribution of Carabelli’s trait on the permanent first molar. MATERIALS AND METHODS The material for this investigation consisted of 224 dental casts of children aged 7 to 14 years from all el- ementary schools on the island of Hvar, Croatia (Tables 1 and 2). The sample was targeted, matched for age and sex distribution to the total elementary school popula- tion of the island, and the sample covered 20.2% of the total cohort. The pupils’ parents provided complete two-generation genealogical data for each examined child (i.e., parents and grandparents with the place of residence of each individual). Table 1 presents the dis- tribution of the sample according to sex, age, birthplace, and grandparental endogamy. Dahlberg’s classification was used with the follow- ing gradations: (0) smooth mesiobuccal crown surface; (1) small vertical ridge and groove; (2) small pit with minor grooves diverging from depression; (3) double vertical ridges or slight and incomplete cusp outline; (4) Y-form (i.e., moderate grooves curving occlusally in opposite directions); (5) small tubercle; (6) broad cusp outline with a moderate tubercle, and (7) large tubercle with a free apex (Kieser and van der Merwe, 1984). In Dahlberg’s classification, four grades (1 through 4) can be termed negative and three grades (5 through 7) posi- tive trait forms. Asymmetry was expressed in terms of the proportion of individuals showing differences be- T. LAUC Sampled proportion Age (years) Total children Sample of the total children n % n % % 7 129 11.6 27 12.0 20.9 8 153 13.8 34 15.2 22.2 9 125 11.3 28 12.5 22.4 10 117 10.6 21 9.4 17.9 11 143 12.9 26 11.6 18.2 12 136 12.3 27 12.1 19.9 13 168 15.1 28 12.5 16.7 14 138 12.4 33 14.7 23.9 Total 1109 100.0 224 100.0 20.2 TABLE 1. Age distribution of the sample Inhabitances on island under 15 years of age Sample Size Location Males Females Total Males Females Total Towns 766 711 1477 69.6% 86 68 154 68.8% Villages 339 305 644 30.4% 40 30 70 31.2% Total 1105 1016 2121 126 98 224 52.1 47.9% 56.3% 43.7% TABLE 2. Sex and demographic distribution1 1There are three towns on the island of Hvar: Hvar, Starigrad and Jelsa. These towns are administrative centers for a number of villages around the island, and the majority of inhabitants on the island live in these centers. 66 67 tween sides as described by Kieser (1984). Inbreeding analysis compared the children based on three rates of grandparental endogamy (i.e., grand- parents born in the same settlement). One, an outbred group (some grandparents were not from the island). Two, a group with “low inbreeding” (one or two grand- parents born in the same village). Three, a group with “high inbreeding” (all four grandparents born in the same village). This was done across all studied vil- lages. Several previous studies in Hvar showed that complete grandparental endogamy is a reliable indica- tor of inbreeding in these small villages, as most (if not all) individuals will eventually be related at some point in history (Rudan and Rudan, 2000; Smolej-Narančić and Rudan, 2001). Thus, complete endogamy in these populations in some instances carries greater potential to discriminate inbred from non-inbred individuals than the actual genealogical reconstruction, because the latter tends to underestimate the remote component of inbreeding (Broman and Weber, 1999; Shifman and Dar- vasi, 2001). The present study design was to evaluate the effect of inbreeding on Carabelli’s trait at the individual level. The study has the benefit of reduced environmen- tal variance across studied villages, a feature that has been documented previously (Rudan et al., 1999). The statistical significance of the differences in fre- quencies was evaluated using a chi-square test, and symmetry was evaluated using the Wilcoxon test with alpha level set at 0.10 and at 0.05. Pearson chi-square value, likelihood ratio and linear-by-linear association INBREEDING AND CARABELLI’S TRAIT Grade of Carabelli’s Trait 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Outbred Number 5 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 14 Percent 35.7 7.1 42.9 0.0 0.0 14.3 0.0 0.0 Low inbreeding Number 19 14 17 9 34 23 9 1 126 Percent 15.1 11.1 13.5 7.1 27.0 18.3 7.1 0.8 High inbreeding Number 4 5 12 3 14 16 5 2 61 Percent 6.6 8.2 19.7 4.9 23.0 26.2 8.2 3.3 Total Number 28 20 35 12 48 41 14 3 201 Prcent 13.9 10.0 17.4 6.0 23.9 20.4 7.0 1.5 TABLE 3. Distribution of left Carabelli trait according to Dahlberg’s classification Grade of Carabelli’s Trait 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Outbred Number 5 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 14 Percent 35.7 7.1 35.7 7.1 0.0 14.3 0.0 0.0 Low inbreeding Number 19 14 13 16 34 17 10 1 124 Percent 15.3 11.3 10.5 12.9 27.4 13.7 8.1 0.8 High inbreeding Number 7 4 10 4 12 14 7 1 59 Percent 11.9 6.8 16.9 6.8 20.3 23.7 11.9 1.7 Total Number 31 19 28 21 46 33 17 2 197 Prcent 15.7 9.6 14.2 10.7 23.4 16.8 8.6 1.0 TABLE 4. Distribution of right Carabelli trait according to Dahlberg’s classification 68 69 Statistic Value df P Chi-Square 21.988* 14 0.079 Likelihood Ratio 24.312 14 0.042 Mantel-Haentzel 7.138 1 0.008 were presented after testing inter-group differences. Likelihood ratio is a goodness-of-fit statistic similar to Pearson’s chi-square and equivalent to it in large sample sizes—with the advantage that it can be subdivided into interpretable parts that add up to the total. Linear-by- linear association (i.e., the Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test) is a measure of linear association between the row and column variables. RESULTS Trait expression Tables 3 and 4 show the distributions of Carabelli’s trait on the left and right first molars in the outbred sample, and the samples with low and high inbreeding. All distributions varied significantly in frequency be- tween groups (P < 0.05) for each side of the arch (Tables 5 and 6). In the outbred group, grade 0 on the right side and 0 and 2 on the left side occurred most frequently. In the sample with inbreeding, grade 4 (group with low inbreeding) and 5 (group with high inbreeding) were most common. Chi-square tests (Tables 5 and 6) disclosed statisti- cally significant differences among the groups (P < 0.05 for left side and 0.10 > P > 0.05 for right side) with dif- ferent degrees of inbreeding when Carabelli’s trait was divided into absent, negative, and positive expressions. Positive trait expression was observed in 14% of the individuals in the outbred group, 23-26% with low in- breeding, and 37-38% with high inbreeding. Absence of the trait was observed in 36% of the outbred individuals but only 7-12% of individuals with high inbreeding. Trait symmetry The distribution of the grades in 197 individuals is shown in Table 7. Significant correlation (P < 0.001) was observed between the sides of the jaw (Table 8). No indi- vidual showed a positive cusp on one side and absence of the character on the other. However, twelve individu- als (5%) showed a negative expression unilaterally, with no trait on the other side. Table 9 shows the distribution of Carabelli’s trait ac- cording to Dahlberg’s classification, and Table 10 shows the left-right concordance according to the negative and positive expressions among the individuals with dif- ferent inbreeding levels. No significant difference was found among the groups (Table 11). Using Dahlberg’s classification, inbred individuals were more symmetric than those from the outbred group. The opposite find- ing was observed when comparing a negative and a positive expression, namely more asymmetric expres- sions occurred in inbred groups. DISCUSSION The highly endogamous population of Hvar is char- acterized by a very high frequency of Carabelli’s trait. The overall frequency was 84% on the right side and 86% on the left side. This is approximately the same as the highest frequency of the trait reported by Kirveskari (1974) among Skolt Lapps (90%). A positive cusp was observed in 29% of individuals on the left side and 26% on the right side, which is somewhat higher than the value observed among Skolt Lapps (20%) and is almost equal to findings by Townsend and Martin (1992) in a sample of Caucasian twins and to the frequency in the German population (30%) reported by Reiners-Karsch (1964). A higher frequency of the cusp has only been re- ported by Keene (1968) among north-American military recruits (38%). The literature illustrates that inbreeding can affect orofacial traits. Direct evidence for the influence of inbreeding on orofacial traits and on syndromes has, for example, been provided by Schull and Neel (1965), Maatouk et al. (1995), and Zlotoroga (1997) on humans and by Baume and Lapin (1983) on Papio hamadryas. Indirect evidence for the effect of inbreeding on orofa- cial traits in humans can be found in studies reporting higher prevalence of various orofacial traits in small iso- lated consanguineous communities such as Yanomami Indians of Brazil (Pereira and Evans, 1975), the Kwaio of the Solomon Islands (Lombardi and Bailit, 1972), and Ashkenazi Jews (Ben-Bassat et al., 1997). However, the Carabelli trait has not previously been the focus of in- breeding investigations. The biologically isolated population of Hvar Island was divided into three groups in this study. First, there was a group with some grandparents who moved to the island from abroad, carrying new genes into the island’s gene pool (the outbred group). This group consists of just 14 children, but this represents the actual propor- tion of incomers. The second and the third groups are individuals whose ancestors were born on the island. In the second group are individuals with up to two grand- parents from the same village, whose inbreeding scores range from 0.0039 to 0.0156. The third group consists of individuals with three or four grandparents from the TABLE 6. Statistical tests for data from the right side *10 cells (41.7%) have expected counts less than 5. The minimum expected count is 0.14. T. LAUC Statistic Value df P Chi-Square 23.944* 14 0.047 Likelihood Ratio 26.689 14 0.021 Mantel-Haentzel 9.662 1 0.002 TABLE 5. Statistical tests for data from the left side *12 cells (50.0%) have expected counts less than 5. The minimum expected count is 0.21. 68 69 same village, mostly villages with an inbreeding score over 0.0156, which is representative of an extremely isolated group. Using Dahlberg’s classification, absence of Carabelli’s trait was the modal finding in the outbred group, while grade 4 was most common in the low-in- breeding group, and grade 5 was most common in the high-inbreeding group. Of note, there was an obvious and statistically significant dose-response relationship for the expression of Carabelli’s cusp (Dahlberg’s grade 5, 6 and 7) with the degree of inbreeding. This association between inbreeding and trait fre- quency implies that the trait may be modulated by re- cessive genes. Rudan (2002) has noted that an increase in inbreeding of 5% corresponds to having about 1750 random genes across the genome identical by descent if the total number of human genes is between 30,000 and 40,000 (Subramanian et al., 2001). If this unrecom- bined homozygosity has a notable effect on Carabelli’s trait frequency, two mechanisms could explain it, (1) homozygosity brings together rare major genes or (2) the genes controlling this trait are of small effect but are incredibly numerous, scattered across the genome. Genes with major effects arise after mutations that are considered to be extremely rare, because the probability of a random mutation that causes a small effect is much greater. Even if such mutations are present in some in- dividuals, it is extremely unlikely that similar effects of inbreeding, as the high significance of linear-by-linear association indicated, would be observed in the whole group with high inbreeding and across all of the vil- lages. It is more likely that the Carabelli trait is therefore a polygenetic trait. Moreover, as results from this study indicate, it seems that the trait is caused by a rare allelic variant rather then a common one because if the trait were caused by common allelic variants, inbreeding could not increase the frequency in the homozygotes. A large number of genes involved in the model of trait expression can be explained as a product of a dynamic developmental program manifested in the activation of the developmental modules. As Jernvall and Jung (2000) suggest, a cascade model of molar trait develop- ment includes a number of stages and can be used to explain the variation of properties of dental characters and character states related to cusp initiation. A portion of a number of genes involved in such a complex de- velopmental model can be recognized in different and tissue-related homeobox gene expression (transcription factors responsible for activation of primary genes and direct the differentiation of whole body parts (Gilbert et al., 1996)). Despite our expectation of significant difference of bilateral symmetry among the groups, all groups had similar distributions of bilateral asymmetry. Increased fluctuating asymmetry in the inbred group had been Left-Hand Side Right Hand Side Absent Negative Positive Total Absent Negative Positive Total Outbred Number 5 7 2 14 5 7 2 14 Percent 35.7 50.0 14.3 35.7 50.0 14.3 Low inbreeding Number 19 74 33 126 19 77 28 124 Percent 15.1 58.7 26.2 15.3 62.1 22.6 High inbreeding Number 4 34 23 61 7 30 22 59 Percent 6.6 55.7 37.7 11.9 50.8 37.3 Total Number 28 115 58 201 31 114 52 197 Percent 13.9 57.2 28.9 15.7 57.9 26.4 TABLE 7. Distribution of Carabelli trait according to negative-positive dichotomy Statistic Value df P Right Side Chi-Square 10.466a 4 0.033 Likelihood Ratio 9.701 4 0.046 Mantel-Haentzel 8.606 1 0.003 Left Side Chi-Square 9.275b 4 0.055 Likelihood Ratio 8.288 4 0.082 Mantel-Haentzel 6.745 1 0.009 TABLE 8. Statistical tests for data from the sides after dichotomizing the data into negative and positive trait expressions a2 cells (22.2%) have expected counts less than 5. The minimum expected count is 1.95. b2 cells (22.2%) have expected counts less than 5. The minimum expected count is 2.20. INBREEDING AND CARABELLI’S TRAIT 70 71 anticipated because individuals with reduced genetic heterogeneity are more sensitive to environmental stress during ontogeny (e.g., Bailit et al., 1970; Thornhill and Moller, 1997). Results of left-right concordance when using Dahlberg’s eight grades differ from those that lump the expressions into a positive-negative dichotomy. Dahlberg’s classification is more precise and only virtu- ally-identical expressions are recognized as bilaterally symmetric, whereas different grades of positive and negative expressions will be pooled together in the second, dichotomous classification. However, a similar symmetry distribution was observed with both clas- sifications, rejecting the hypothesis about influence of inbreeding on fluctuating asymmetry of Carabelli’s trait. If inbreeding increases the symmetry of a trait, one explanation is that different genes with recessive variants are responsible for trait expression on the left and right sides of the arcade. This explanation can be rejected here because the repeated activation of the de- velopmental modules during tooth development sug- gests that homologous cusps and crests are not coded as such into the genome, but that the whole cusp pattern is a product of a dynamic program (Jernvall, 2000; Zhao et al., 2000). Obviously, high bilateral symmetry of the trait in various investigations implies that a multitude of other environmental factors during the development of the trait have no significant effect. It seems that this trait is almost completely genetically determined with a predominant genetic variance and that most of factors during odontogenesis are not environmental. 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Professor During is Head of the labora- tory, and she can be reached via e-mail at: ebba.during@ofl.su.se. Laboratory Name Change