Loss of teeth and enamel in tetrapods: Fossil record, genetic data and morphological adaptations

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-501

  Davit Béal, Tiphaine ^a   Tucker, Abigail S ^b   Sire, Jean Yves ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Enamel; Evolution; Mammals; Toads; Toothloss; Turtles

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; BEAK; BIRD; CHICKEN; CLADISTICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENAMEL; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAXILLA; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FOSSILS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TOOTH; VERTEBRATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; DASYPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; MYSTICETI; SAUROPSIDA; SLOTHS; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65449149271     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01060.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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