Dental ontogeny in the most primitive bony fish Lophosteus reveals the developmental relationship between teeth and dermal odontodes
D. Chen, H. Blom, S. Sanchez, P. Tafforeau, T. Marss, P. E. Ahlberg
The paper uses synchrotron microtomography to study the ontogeny of teeth and dermal odontodes in Lophosteus superbus, revealing their developmental relationship and shared regulatory mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Jul 14, 2020Evolutionary Biology