Molecular characterization of dental development in a toothed archosaur, the American alligator Alligator mississippiensis

Evolution and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 393-405

  Weeks, Olivia ^a   Bhullar, Bhart Anjan S ^a   Abzhanov, Arhat ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; TOOTH; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84888032567     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ede.12049     Document Type: Article

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