A computational model of teeth and the developmental origins of morphological variation

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7288, 2010, Pages 583-586

  Salazar Ciudad, Isaac ^a,b   Jernvall, Jukka ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PINNIPED;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; COMPUTER MODEL; ENAMEL; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PHOCA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOOTH;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 77950095599     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08838     Document Type: Article

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