Article
A curriculum vitae of teeth: evolution, generation, regeneration.
International journal of biological sciences - 1 Jan 2009
Koussoulakou Despina S, Margaritis Lukas H, Koussoulakos Stauros L
Abstract excerpt
The ancestor of recent vertebrate teeth was a tooth-like structure on the outer body surface of jawless fishes. Over the course of 500,000,000 years of evolution, many of those structures migrated into the mouth cavity. In addition, the total number of teeth per dentition generally decreased and teeth morphological complexity increased. Teeth form mainly on the jaws within the mouth cavity through mutual,...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.