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Model of Tooth Morphogenesis Predicts Carabelli Cusp Expression, Size, and Symmetry in Humans
29 Jul 2010
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BACKGROUND: The patterning cascade model of tooth morphogenesis accounts for shape development through the interaction of a small number of genes. In the model, gene expression both directs development and is controlled by the shape of developing teeth. Enamel knots (zones of nonproliferating epithelium) mark the future sites of cusps. In order to form, a new enamel knot must escape the inhibitory fields...
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