A simple rule governs the evolution and development of hominin tooth size

Alistair R. Evans (), E. Susanne Daly, Kierstin K. Catlett, Kathleen S. Paul, Stephen J. King, Matthew M. Skinner, Hans P. Nesse, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Grant C. Townsend, Gary T. Schwartz and Jukka Jernvall
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Alistair R. Evans: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
E. Susanne Daly: Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
Kierstin K. Catlett: Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
Kathleen S. Paul: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
Stephen J. King: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Matthew M. Skinner: School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
Hans P. Nesse: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
Jean-Jacques Hublin: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Grant C. Townsend: School of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide
Gary T. Schwartz: Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
Jukka Jernvall: Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki

Nature, 2016, vol. 530, issue 7591, 477-480

Abstract: The inhibitory cascade, an activator–inhibitor mechanism that affects relative tooth size in mammals, produces the default pattern of tooth sizes for all lower primary postcanine teeth in hominins.

Date: 2016
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