The american alligator (Alligator mississipiensis): a new model for investigating developmental mechanisms in normal and abnormal palate formation |
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Authors: | M W Ferguson |
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Affiliation: | Anatomy Department, Queen''s University, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland. |
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Abstract: | Despite numerous investigations, there are still many unsolved problems concerning normal and abnormal palatal development. The American Alligator is here put forward as a new model for the investigation of a variety of developmental phenomena associated with palatogenesis. The structure of the palate of the adult Alligator is reported. This animal exhibits a unique combination of reptilian and mammalian features in its craniofacial anatomy and so its craniofacial development should be of considerable interest. |
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Keywords: | Palate Cleft Palate Alligators Embryology Teratology Anatomy Crocodilians |
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