J 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.