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Early development of rostrum saw-teeth in a fossil ray tests classical theories of the evolution of vertebrate dentitions

In classical theory, teeth of vertebrate dentitions evolved from co-option of external skin denticles into the oral cavity. This hypothesis predicts that ordered tooth arrangement and regulated replacement in the oral dentition were also derived from skin denticles. The fossil batoid ray Schizorhiza...

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Autores principales: Smith, Moya Meredith, Riley, Alex, Fraser, Gareth J., Underwood, Charlie, Welten, Monique, Kriwet, Jürgen, Pfaff, Cathrin, Johanson, Zerina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26423843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1628