Species-specific modifications of mandible shape reveal independent mechanisms for growth and initiation of the coronoid

BACKGROUND: The variation in mandibular morphology of mammals reflects specialisations for different diets. Omnivorous and carnivorous mammals posses large mandibular coronoid processes, while herbivorous mammals have proportionally smaller or absent coronoids. This is correlated with the relative s...

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Autores principales: Anthwal, Neal, Peters, Heiko, Tucker, Abigail S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26568815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13227-015-0030-6

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