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Scale and tooth phenotypes in medaka with a mutated ectodysplasin-A receptor: implications for the evolutionary origin of oral and pharyngeal teeth.
Archives of histology and cytology - 1 Jan 2010
Atukorala A D S, Inohaya Keiji, Baba Otto, Tabata Makoto J, Ratnayake R A R K, Abduweli Dawud, Kasugai Shohei, Mitani Hiroshi, Takano Yoshiro
Abstract excerpt
Ectodermal contribution to the induction of pharyngeal teeth that form in the endodermal territory of the oropharyngeal cavity in some teleost fishes has been a matter of considerable debate. To determine the role of ectodermal cell signaling in scale and tooth formation and thereby to gain insights in evolutionary origin of teeth, we analyzed scales and teeth in rs-3 medaka mutants characterized by reduced scale...
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