Výzkum kosterních pozůstatků G. J. Mendela - Das Skelett
Examination of the skeletal remains of G. J. Mendel

Author(s): Eva Drozdová
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Gregor Johann Mendel; exhumation; examination; skeletal remains;
Summary/Abstract: After being removed from the coffin, the skeletal remains of Gregor Johann Mendel were transported for further anthropological analysis to the Laboratory of Biological and Molecular Anthropology of the Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Department of Experimental Biology of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. After a brief acclimatisation in the skeletal material depository, the state of the bone tissue was evaluated, and the anthropological analysis commenced. First, the individual bones were cleaned. Because they were in good condition, no complicated reconstruction was necessary. Most of the bones, except for the pelvic bones and the tibiae, were intact. At this stage, the skeletal remains were ready for anthropological study. • The bones were well preserved. The best preserved were the skull and the upper part of the postcranial skeleton.

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