Development, function and evolution of teeth /
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Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. |
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Description: | ix, 314 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4330503 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Genes, Molecules and Tooth Initiation
- 1. Homeobox genes in initiation and shape of teeth during development in mammalian embryos
- 2. Return of lost structure in the developmental control of tooth shape
- 3. Molecules implicated in odontoblast terminal differentiation and dentinogenesis
- 4. Enamel biomineralization: the assembly and disassembly of the protein extracellular organic matrix
- Part II. Tooth Tissues: Development and Evolution
- 5. Evolutionary origins of dentine in the fossil record of early vertebrates: diversity, development and function
- 6. Pulpo-dentinal interactions in development and repair of dentine
- 7. Prismless enamel in amniotes: terminology, function and evolution
- 8. Two different strategies in enamel differentiation: marsupial versus eutheria
- 9. Incremental markings in enamel and dentine: what they can tell is about the way teeth grow
- Part III. Evolution of Tooth Shape and the Dentition
- 10. Evolutionary origins of teeth and jaws: developmental models and phylogenetic patterns
- 11. Development and evolution of dentition patterns and their genetic basis Zhiyong Zhao
- 12. Evolution of tooth attachment in lower vertebrates to tetrapods
- 13. Tooth replacement patterns in non-mammalian vertebrates
- 14. The evolution of tooth shape and tooth function in primates
- 15. 'Schultz's Rule' and the evolution of tooth emergence and replacement patterns in primates and ungulates
- Part IV. Macrostructure and Function
- 16. Developmental plasticity in the dentition of a heterodont polyphyodont fish species
- 17. Enamel microporosity and its functional implications
- 18. Pathways to functional differentiation in mammalian enamel
- 19. Trends in the evolution of molar crown types in ungulate mammals: evidence from the northern hemisphere
- 20. Function of postcanine tooth crown shape in mammals
- 21. Primate dental functional morphology revisited