ArticleeLife2020
Transient role of the middle ear as a lower jaw support across mammals.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
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- On the earliest evolution of the mammaliaform teeth, jaw joint and middle ear.Clinical and translational medicine · 2024Article
- Middle ear innovation in Early Cretaceous eutherian mammals.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Evolution and development of the mammalian jaw joint: Making a novel structure.Evolution & development · 2023Review
- A new mammal from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Biota and implications for eutherian evolution.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Postnatal development in a marsupial model, the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata; Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae).Communications biology · 2021Article
- Non-model systems in mammalian forelimb evo-devo.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2021Review
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- Uncovering the secreted signals and transcription factors regulating the development of mammalian middle ear ossicles.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2020Review
- Anatomy and Development of the Mammalian External Auditory Canal: Implications for Understanding Canal Disease and Deformity.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Review
- Diverse Fate of an Enigmatic Structure: 200 Years of Meckel's Cartilage.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Review
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Mammals articulate their jaws using a novel joint between the dentary and squamosal bones. In eutherian mammals, this joint forms in the embryo, supporting feeding and vocalisation from birth. In contrast, marsupials and monotremes exhibit extreme altriciality and are born before the bones of the novel mammalian jaw joint form. These mammals need to rely on other mechanisms to allow them to feed. Here, we show that this vital function is carried out by the earlier developing, cartilaginous incus of the middle ear, abutting the cranial base to form a cranio-mandibular articulation. The nature of this articulation varies between monotremes and marsupials, with juvenile monotremes retaining a double articulation, similar to that of the fossil mammaliaform
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