Development, Function and Evolution of Teeth

Pp. ix, 214; numerous black-and-white photos and SEM micrographs, line-drawings and graphs.  Publisher’s original pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), sm 4to.  This is the hardcover first edition.  The contents follow:  Part I. Genes, Molecules and Tooth Initiation: 1. Homeobox genes in initiation and shape of teeth during development in mammalian embryos - P. T. Sharpe; 2. Return of lost structure in the developmental control of tooth shape - J. Jernvall; 3. Molecules implicated in odontoblast terminal differentiation and dentinogenesis - J. V. Ruch; 4. Enamel biomineralization - A. G. Fincham; Part II. Tooth Tissues: Development and Evolution: 5. Evolutionary origins of dentine in the fossil record of early vertebrates: diversity, development and function - M. M. Smith; 6. Pulpo-dentinal interactions in development and repair of dentine - A. J. Smith; 7. Prismless enamel in amniotes: terminology, function and evolution - P. M. Sander; 8. Two different strategies in enamel differen