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New genomic and fossil data illuminate the origin of enamel

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  • Qingming Qu

    (Uppsala University)

  • Tatjana Haitina

    (Uppsala University)

  • Min Zhu

    (Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Per Erik Ahlberg

    (Uppsala University)

Abstract

Enamel is a tissue unique to vertebrates, and nowadays associated with teeth; here, histological material from a fossil bony fish and genomic data from an extant, armour-plated fish are analysed to show that enamel originated on the body surface and only later colonized the teeth.

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  • Qingming Qu & Tatjana Haitina & Min Zhu & Per Erik Ahlberg, 2015. "New genomic and fossil data illuminate the origin of enamel," Nature, Nature, vol. 526(7571), pages 108-111, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:526:y:2015:i:7571:d:10.1038_nature15259
    DOI: 10.1038/nature15259
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    1. Xindong Cui & Matt Friedman & Tuo Qiao & Yilun Yu & Min Zhu, 2022. "The rapid evolution of lungfish durophagy," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.

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