Molecular Decay of the Tooth Gene Enamelin (ENAM) Mirrors the Loss of Enamel in the Fossil Record of Placental Mammals

• Robert W. Meredith,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

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• John Gatesy,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

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• William J. Murphy,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Oliver A. Ryder,

  Affiliation San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research, Escondido, California, United States of America

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• Mark S. Springer

  * E-mail: mark.springer@ucr.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

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