A conserved tooth resorption mechanism in modern and fossil snakes
Living snakes replace their teeth without external resorption. Here, the authors use histology to show that odontoclasts resorb dentine internally and investigate this mechanism in fossil snakes.
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| author | A. R. H. LeBlanc A. Palci N. Anthwal A. S. Tucker R. Araújo M. F. C. Pereira M. W. Caldwell |
| author_facet | A. R. H. LeBlanc A. Palci N. Anthwal A. S. Tucker R. Araújo M. F. C. Pereira M. W. Caldwell |
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| description | Living snakes replace their teeth without external resorption. Here, the authors use histology to show that odontoclasts resorb dentine internally and investigate this mechanism in fossil snakes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af364b8a659d479c87adb9ce7ec189242023-02-12T12:16:15ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-02-0114111110.1038/s41467-023-36422-2A conserved tooth resorption mechanism in modern and fossil snakesA. R. H. LeBlanc0A. Palci1N. Anthwal2A. S. Tucker3R. Araújo4M. F. C. Pereira5M. W. Caldwell6Department of Biological Sciences, University of AlbertaSchool of Biological Sciences, University of AdelaideCentre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, King’s College LondonCentre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology, King’s College LondonInstituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de LisboaCERENA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de LisboaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of AlbertaLiving snakes replace their teeth without external resorption. Here, the authors use histology to show that odontoclasts resorb dentine internally and investigate this mechanism in fossil snakes.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36422-2 |
| spellingShingle | A. R. H. LeBlanc A. Palci N. Anthwal A. S. Tucker R. Araújo M. F. C. Pereira M. W. Caldwell A conserved tooth resorption mechanism in modern and fossil snakes Nature Communications |
| title | A conserved tooth resorption mechanism in modern and fossil snakes |
| title_full | A conserved tooth resorption mechanism in modern and fossil snakes |
| title_fullStr | A conserved tooth resorption mechanism in modern and fossil snakes |
| title_full_unstemmed | A conserved tooth resorption mechanism in modern and fossil snakes |
| title_short | A conserved tooth resorption mechanism in modern and fossil snakes |
| title_sort | conserved tooth resorption mechanism in modern and fossil snakes |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36422-2 |
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