Odontogenic ameloblast-associated (ODAM) is inactivated in toothless/enamelless placental mammals and toothed whales

The enamel protein ODAM promotes mineralization in a collagen matrix

(2018) Yuichi Ikeda et al.   CONNECTIVE TISSUE RESEARCH

Appropriate fossil calibrations and tree constraints uphold the Mesozoic divergence of solenodons from other extant mammals

(2018) Mark S. Springer et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A comprehensive genomic history of extinct and living elephants

(2018) Eleftheria Palkopoulou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A genomics approach reveals insights into the importance of gene losses for mammalian adaptations

(2018) Virag Sharma et al.   Nature Communications

MACSE v2: Toolkit for the Alignment of Coding Sequences Accounting for Frameshifts and Stop Codons

(2018) Vincent Ranwez et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Complete Phylogeny of Pangolins: Scaling Up Resources for the Molecular Tracing of the Most Trafficked Mammals on Earth

(2017) Philippe Gaubert et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Their loss is our gain: regressive evolution in vertebrates provides genomic models for uncovering human disease loci

(2017) Christopher A Emerling et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS

Interactions of AMTN, ODAM and SCPPPQ1 proteins of a specialized basal lamina that attaches epithelial cells to tooth mineral

(2017) Aurélien Fouillen et al.   Scientific Reports

The phylogenetic affinities of the extinct glyptodonts

(2016) Frédéric Delsuc et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Controlling for Phylogenetic Relatedness and Evolutionary Rates Improves the Discovery of Associations Between Species’ Phenotypic and Genomic Differences

(2016) Xavier Prudent et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Inactivation of C4orf26 in toothless placental mammals

(2016) Mark S. Springer et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Coding exon-structure aware realigner (CESAR) utilizes genome alignments for accurate comparative gene annotation

(2016) Virag Sharma et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Cavefish and the basis for eye loss

(2016) Jaya Krishnan et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mammal madness: is the mammal tree of life not yet resolved?

(2016) Nicole M. Foley et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolutionary analysis of selective constraints identifies ameloblastin (AMBN) as a potential candidate for amelogenesis imperfecta

(2015) Frédéric Delsuc et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Interordinal gene capture, the phylogenetic position of Steller’s sea cow based on molecular and morphological data, and the macroevolutionary history of Sirenia

(2015) Mark S. Springer et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Spectral shifts of mammalian ultraviolet-sensitive pigments (short wavelength-sensitive opsin 1) are associated with eye length and photic niche evolution

(2015) Christopher A. Emerling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Comparison of splice sites reveals that long noncoding RNAs are evolutionarily well conserved

(2015) Anne Nitsche et al.   RNA

Enamel Ultrastructure in Fossil Cetaceans (Cetacea: Archaeoceti and Odontoceti)

(2015) Carolina Loch et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of Klk4 and enamel maturation in eutherians

(2014) Kazuhiko Kawasaki et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Evidence for a single loss of mineralized teeth in the common avian ancestor

(2014) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2013) Robert W Meredith et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

DEVELOPMENTAL BASIS OF TOOTHLESSNESS IN TURTLES: INSIGHT INTO CONVERGENT EVOLUTION OF VERTEBRATE MORPHOLOGY

(2012) Masayoshi Tokita et al.   EVOLUTION

Expression pattern, subcellular localization, and functional implications of ODAM in ameloblasts, odontoblasts, osteoblasts, and various cancer cells

(2012) Hye-Kyung Lee et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

Evolutionary Analysis Suggests That AMTN is Enamel-specific and a Candidate for AI

(2012) B. Gasse et al.   JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH

A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale

(2012) John Gatesy et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Macroevolutionary Dynamics and Historical Biogeography of Primate Diversification Inferred from a Species Supermatrix

(2012) Mark S. Springer et al.   PLoS One

Ultrastructure of enamel and dentine in extant dolphins (Cetacea: Delphinoidea and Inioidea)

(2012) Carolina Loch et al.   ZOOMORPHOLOGY

The SCPP Gene Family and the Complexity of Hard Tissues in Vertebrates

(2011) Kazuhiko Kawasaki   CELLS TISSUES ORGANS

JOINT RECONSTRUCTION OF DIVERGENCE TIMES AND LIFE-HISTORY EVOLUTION IN PLACENTAL MAMMALS USING A PHYLOGENETIC COVARIANCE MODEL

(2011) Nicolas Lartillot et al.   EVOLUTION

MACSE: Multiple Alignment of Coding SEquences Accounting for Frameshifts and Stop Codons

(2011) Vincent Ranwez et al.   PLoS One

The odontogenic ameloblast-associated protein (ODAM) cooperates with RUNX2 and modulates enamel mineralization via regulation of MMP-20

(2010) Hye-Kyung Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

The Enamelin Genes in Lizard, Crocodile, and Frog and the Pseudogene in the Chicken Provide New Insights on Enamelin Evolution in Tetrapods

(2010) N. Al-Hashimi et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A Phylogenetic Model for Investigating Correlated Evolution of Substitution Rates and Continuous Phenotypic Characters

(2010) N. Lartillot et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Pseudogenization of the tooth gene enamelysin (MMP20) in the common ancestor of extant baleen whales

(2010) R. W. Meredith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomic DNA Sequences from Mastodon and Woolly Mammoth Reveal Deep Speciation of Forest and Savanna Elephants

(2010) Nadin Rohland et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Biomineralization in Humans: Making the Hard Choices in Life

(2009) Kazuhiko Kawasaki et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Molecular evolution of dentin phosphoprotein among toothed and toothless animals

(2009) Dianalee A McKnight et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals

(2009) Kate E. Jones et al.   ECOLOGY

Loss of teeth and enamel in tetrapods: fossil record, genetic data and morphological adaptations

(2009) Tiphaine Davit-Béal et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Divergence date estimation and a comprehensive molecular tree of extant cetaceans

(2009) Michael R. McGowen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular Decay of the Tooth Gene Enamelin (ENAM) Mirrors the Loss of Enamel in the Fossil Record of Placental Mammals

(2009) Robert W. Meredith et al.   PLoS Genetics

Hen's teeth with enamel cap: from dream to impossibility

(2008) Jean-Yves Sire et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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(2008) Daniel Kestler et al.   MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Morphological and Molecular Evidence for a Stepwise Evolutionary Transition from Teeth to Baleen in Mysticete Whales

(2008) Thomas A. Deméré et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers

(2008) Alexandros Stamatakis et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Characterization of Apin, a secreted protein highly expressed in tooth-associated epithelia

(2007) Pierre Moffatt et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY