2020
Getting out of an egg: Merging of tooth germs to create an egg tooth in the snake
FONS, J.M., M. GAETE, O. ZAHRADNICEK, Marie ŠULCOVÁ, H. BANDALI et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Getting out of an egg: Merging of tooth germs to create an egg tooth in the snake
Autoři
FONS, J.M., M. GAETE, O. ZAHRADNICEK, Marie ŠULCOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí), H. BANDALI, E.R. KHANNOON, J.M. RICHMAN, marcela BUCHTOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí) a A.S. TUCKER (garant)
Vydání
Developmental dynamics, United States, Wiley-Liss, 2020, 1058-8388
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10605 Developmental biology
Stát vydavatele
Spojené státy
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 3.780
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14310/20:00115552
Organizační jednotka
Přírodovědecká fakulta
UT WoS
000490019300001
Klíčová slova anglicky
congrescence theory; dentition; egg tooth; fusion; snake
Štítky
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 5. 1. 2021 10:52, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.
Anotace
V originále
Background The egg tooth is a vital structure allowing hatchlings to escape from the egg. In squamates (snakes and lizards), the egg tooth is a real tooth that develops within the oral cavity at the top of the upper jaw. Most squamates have a single large midline egg tooth at hatching, but a few families, such as Gekkonidae, have two egg teeth. In snakes the egg tooth is significantly larger than the rest of the dentition and is one of the first teeth to develop. Results We follow the development of the egg tooth in four snake species and show that the single egg tooth is formed by two tooth germs. These two tooth germs are united at the midline and grow together to produce a single tooth. In culture, this merging can be perturbed to give rise to separate smaller teeth, confirming the potential of the developing egg tooth to form two teeth. Conclusions Our data agrees with previous hypotheses that during evolution one potential mechanism to generate a large tooth is through congrescence of multiple tooth germs and suggests that the ancestors of snakes could have had two egg teeth.