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The role of modularity in the evolution of primate postcanine dental formula: integrating jaw space with patterns of dentition.
Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) - 1 Apr 2013
Ribeiro Mariana M, de Andrade Simone C, de Souza Ana Paula, Line Sergio R P
Abstract excerpt
The assembly of a phenotype into modules or developmental fields, which are semiautonomous units in development and function, seems to be one of the strategies to increase the capacity to produce phenotypic variation. In mammals the upper dentition is formed on two distinct developmental units, wherein incisors are formed on the primary palate, which is derived from the embryonic frontonasal process, and the...
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