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Molecular decay of enamel matrix protein genes in turtles and other edentulous amniotes.

BMC evolutionary biology - 23 Jan 2013

Meredith Robert W, Gatesy John, Springer Mark S

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BACKGROUND: Secondary edentulism (toothlessness) has evolved on multiple occasions in amniotes including several mammalian lineages (pangolins, anteaters, baleen whales), birds, and turtles. All edentulous amniote clades have evolved from ancestors with enamel-capped teeth. Previous studies have documented the molecular decay of tooth-specific genes in edentulous mammals, all of which lost their teeth in the...

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PMID: 23342979
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-20
PMCID: PMC3562159

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