Chapter title |
MicroCT Imaging on Living Alligator Teeth Reveals Natural Tooth Cycling
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Chapter number | 24 |
Book title |
Avian and Reptilian Developmental Biology
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7216-6_24 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7215-9, 978-1-4939-7216-6
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Authors |
Randall B. Widelitz, Alaa Abdelhamid, M. Khalil Khan, Amr Elkarargy, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Ping Wu |
Abstract |
To study tooth cycling in polyphyodont animals, we chose to work on alligators. Alligators have teeth in three phases of development at each tooth location. This assembly of three teeth is called a tooth family unit. As part of the study, in order to study tooth cycling in alligators, we wanted to know the configuration of the tooth family unit in every tooth position. From the surface of the mouth, this is difficult to assess. Therefore, we decided to use MicroCT which can image X-ray dense materials providing a three-dimensional view. MicroCT provided us with valuable information for this study. The method described below can be applied to study tooth cycling in other vertebrate species. |
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