Six million years of vole dental evolution driven by tooth development
Fabien Lafuma, Élodie Renvoisé, Julien Clavel, Ian J. Corfe, Gilles Escarguel
The paper combines fossil records and developmental biology to show that vole tooth complexity increases through developmental processes, with slower transitions toward higher cusp counts.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jul 31, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology