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

More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs

(2012) N. G. Crawford et al.   Biology Letters

MicroRNAs support a turtle + lizard clade

(2011) T. R. Lyson et al.   Biology Letters

The homology of odontodes in gnathostomes: insights from Dlx gene expression in the dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula

(2011) Mélanie Debiais-Thibaud et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Osr2 acts downstream of Pax9 and interacts with both Msx1 and Pax9 to pattern the tooth developmental field

(2011) Jing Zhou et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evolutionary developmental perspective for the origin of turtles: the folding theory for the shell based on the developmental nature of the carapacial ridge

(2011) Shigeru Kuratani et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Hierarchical Interactions of Homeodomain and Forkhead Transcription Factors in Regulating Odontogenic Gene Expression

(2011) Shankar R. Venugopalan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Multiple Genome Alignments Facilitate Development of NPCL Markers: A Case Study of Tetrapod Phylogeny Focusing on the Position of Turtles

(2011) X.-X. Shen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

From snout to beak: the loss of teeth in birds

(2011) Antoine Louchart et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Reptilian-transcriptome v1.0, a glimpse in the brain transcriptome of five divergent Sauropsida lineages and the phylogenetic position of turtles

(2011) Athanasia C Tzika et al.   EvoDevo

Transitional fossils and the origin of turtles

(2010) T. R. Lyson et al.   Biology Letters

Genetic interactions between Pax9 and Msx1 regulate lip development and several stages of tooth morphogenesis

(2010) Mitsushiro Nakatomi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Development of the dentition in Alligator mississippiensis. Early embryonic development in the lower jaw

(2010) B. Westergaard et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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

Timing of organogenesis support basal position of turtles in the amniote tree of life

(2009) Ingmar Werneburg et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

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

Tooth Agenesis: from Molecular Genetics to Molecular Dentistry

(2009) E. Matalova et al.   JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH

Dental lamina as source of odontogenic stem cells: evolutionary origins and developmental control of tooth generation in gnathostomes

(2009) Moya M. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Reiterative pattern of sonic hedgehog expression in the catshark dentition reveals a phylogenetic template for jawed vertebrates

(2009) M. M Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution of the Turtle Body Plan by the Folding and Creation of New Muscle Connections

(2009) H. Nagashima et al.   SCIENCE

A periodic pattern generator for dental diversity

(2008) Gareth J Fraser et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

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

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

Initiation and patterning of the snake dentition are dependent on Sonic Hedgehog signaling

(2008) Marcela Buchtová et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Physiological implications of DLX homeoproteins in enamel formation

(2008) Frédéric Lézot et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China

(2008) Chun Li et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary origin and development of snake fangs

(2008) Freek J. Vonk et al.   NATURE

Spatial and temporal pattern for the dentition in the Australian lungfish revealed with sonic hedgehog expression profile

(2008) M. M Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES