Not on chondrichthyans, but still on dental evolution!
Thierry et al. Spatially restricted dental regeneration drives pufferfish beak development. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1702909114
We have a new paper out in Royal Society Open Science!
Charlie Underwood, Zerina Johanson, Moya Meredith Smith
Cutting blade dentitions in squaliform sharks form by modification of inherited alternate tooth ordering patterns. Published 30 November 2016.DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160385
Open Access
Brett, Charlie and I will be manning a table at the Blast from the Past event, Isle of Wight! We'll be giving talks in the evening as well.
Check out our new image on the HHMI website!
Gareth Fraser and Kyle Martin (University of Sheffield) will be presenting interesting new research on shark dentitions at the European Elasmobranch Association meeting, this year being held at Bristol Aquarium!
Brett Clark will be presenting our research at the Image and Analysis Centre table during Science Uncovered 2016- stop by to see what we're doing!
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/science-uncovered-2016.html
Zerina will be giving a presentation on the evolutionary link between teeth and skin denticles, focusing on living and fossil rays.
Brett and I gave a presentation on new research on the vertebrate backbone and potential for sharks to become new model animals to study human diseases.
http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/Event/british-science-festival-...
ToScA meeting, Bath http://www.rms.org.uk/discover-engage/event-calendar/tosca-2016.html
Brett presented a poster on applications of x-ray tomography to shark dentitions, and Zerina gave a talk on the evolutionary relationship between teeth and skin denticles.
The team has a new paper, part of a soon-to-be published volume honoring the life and achievements of Arthur Smith Woodward
Charlie Underwood, Moya Meredith Smith, and Zerina Johanson
Sclerorhynchus atavus and the convergent evolution of rostrum-bearing chondrichthyans.
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, first published on October 14, 2015, doi:10.1144/SP430.7
