Histology of tooth attachment tissues and plicidentine in Varanus (Reptilia: Squamata), and a discussion of the evolution of amniote tooth attachment

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1170-1181

  Maxwell, Erin E ^a   Caldwell, Michael W ^b   Lamoureux, Denis O ^b   Budney, Lisa A ^b  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alveolar bone; Cementum; Plicidentine; Tooth histology; Varanidae; Varanus niloticus; Varanus rudicollis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEMENTUM; DENTIN; ENAMEL; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONS OF THE MOUTH, JAWS AND TEETH; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; TOOTH; TOOTH SOCKET; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DENTAL CEMENTUM; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DENTIN; LIZARDS; TOOTH; TOOTH SOCKET;

AMNIOTA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA; VARANIDAE; VARANOIDEA; VARANUS; VARANUS NILOTICUS; VARANUS RUDICOLLIS;

EID: 80955178840     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10972     Document Type: Article

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