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SUBMITTER: Ortiz A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5895448 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ortiz Alejandra A Bailey Shara E SE Schwartz Gary T GT Hublin Jean-Jacques JJ Skinner Matthew M MM
Science advances 20180411 4
The detailed anatomical features that characterize fossil hominin molars figure prominently in the reconstruction of their taxonomy, phylogeny, and paleobiology. Despite the prominence of molar form in human origins research, the underlying developmental mechanisms generating the diversity of tooth crown features remain poorly understood. A model of tooth morphogenesis-the patterning cascade model (PCM)-provides a developmental framework to explore how and why the varying molar morphologies aros ...[more]