Adaptive diversity of incisor enamel microstructure in South American burrowing rodents (family Ctenomyidae, Caviomorpha)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-302

  Vieytes, Emma C ^a,b   Morgan, Cecilia C ^a   Verzi, Diego H ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ctenomyidae; Incisor enamel microstructure; Morphofunctional significance; Rodentia; Tooth digging adaptations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BURROWING SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GENETIC SIMILARITY; INCISOR; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; INCISOR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PALEODONTOLOGY; RODENTIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAVIOMORPHA; CTENOMYIDAE; ECHIMYIDAE; OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 34548540587     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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