Enamel prism morphology in molar teeth of small eutherian mammals

Scanning Microscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-370

  Dumont, Elizabeth R ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

Enamel prisms; Evolution; Mammals; Prism patterns; Variation

Indexed keywords

AMELOBLAST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ENAMEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLAR; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0030316689     PISSN: 08917035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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