Odontogenesis in the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)

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Authors	BUCHTOVÁ Marcela ZAHRADNÍČEK Oldřich MORAVCOVÁ BALKOVÁ Simona TUCKER Abigail S.
Year of publication	2013
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Archives of Oral Biology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2012.10.019
Field	ORL, ophthalmology, stomatology
Keywords	Dental lamina; Tooth attachment; Heterodont dentition; Cytokeratin
Attached files	Odontogenesis_in_the_veiled_chameleon.pdf
Description	Replacement teeth in reptiles and mammals develop from a successional dental lamina. In monophyodont (single generation) species such as the mouse, no successional lamina develops. We have selected a reptilian monophyodont species – the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) – to investigate whether this is a common characteristic of species that do not have replacement teeth. Furthermore, we focus on the sequence of tooth initiation along the jaw, and tooth attachment to the bones. Chameleons may provide new and useful information to study the molecular interaction at the tooth–bone interface in physiological as well as pathological conditions.
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