High-level similarity of dentitions in carnivorans and rodents

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7123, 2007, Pages 78-81

  Evans, Alistair R ^a   Wilson, Gregory P ^b   Fortelius, Mikael ^a,c   Jernvall, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; COMPLEXITY; DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RODENT; TOOTH;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; TOOTH CROWN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846118490     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05433     Document Type: Article

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