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From snout to beak: the loss of teeth in birds

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Ameloblastin expression and putative autoregulation in mesenchymal cells suggest a role in early bone formation and repair

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

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

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

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Current knowledge of tooth development: patterning and mineralization of the murine dentition

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Synergistic Roles of Amelogenin and Ameloblastin

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Evolutionary Analysis of Mammalian Enamelin, The Largest Enamel Protein, Supports a Crucial Role for the 32-kDa Peptide and Reveals Selective Adaptation in Rodents and Primates

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Fourteen nuclear genes provide phylogenetic resolution for difficult nodes in the turtle tree of life

(2009) Anthony J. Barley 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

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A new, nearly complete stem turtle from the Jurassic of South America with implications for turtle evolution

(2008) J. Sterli   Biology Letters

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

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Bioinformatic analysis and molecular modelling of human ameloblastin suggest a two-domain intrinsically unstructured calcium-binding protein

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Enamel Defects and Ameloblast-specific Expression inEnamKnock-out/lacZKnock-in Mice

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An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China

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A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

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

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