Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7161, 2007, Pages 427-432

  Kavanagh, Kathryn D ^a,b   Evans, Alistair R ^a   Jernvall, Jukka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; EVOLUTION; RODENT; TOOTH;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENTITION; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; JAW; MAMMAL; MODEL; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 34848912887     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06153     Document Type: Article

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