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ArticleNature communications2024

Increasing control over biomineralization in conodont evolution.

Bryan Shirley, Isabella Leonhard, Duncan J E Murdock, John Repetski, Przemysław Świś, Michel Bestmann, Pat Trimby, Markus Ohl, Oliver Plümper, Helen E King and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors.

Bryan ShirleyFachgruppe Paläoumwelt, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Isabella LeonhardDepartment of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Duncan J E MurdockOxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.
John RepetskiUS Geological Survey-Emeritus, MS 926 A National Center, Reston, USA.
Przemysław ŚwiśInstitute of Evolutionary Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5541-8186
Michel BestmannDepartment of Geology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Pat TrimbyOxford Instruments, High Wycombe, UK.
Markus OhlDepartment of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Oliver PlümperDepartment of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9726-0885
Helen E KingDepartment of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1825-782X
Emilia JarochowskaDepartment of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands. e.b.jarochowska@uu.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-8937-9405

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) JA 2718/3-1EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) N.101005611
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vertebrates use the phosphate mineral apatite in their skeletons, which allowed them to develop tissues such as enamel, characterized by an outstanding combination of hardness and elasticity. It has been hypothesized that the evolution of the earliest vertebrate skeletal tissues, found in the teeth of the extinct group of conodonts, was driven by adaptation to dental function. We test this hypothesis quantitatively and demonstrate that the crystallographic order increased throughout the early evolution of conodont teeth in parallel with morphological adaptation to food processing. With the c-axes of apatite crystals oriented perpendicular to the functional feeding surfaces, the strongest resistance to uniaxial compressional stress is conferred along the long axes of denticles. Our results support increasing control over biomineralization in the first skeletonized vertebrates and allow us to test models of functional morphology and material properties across conodont dental diversity.

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Biological EvolutionBiomineralizationFossilsToothAnimalsApatitesDental EnamelVertebratesApatites

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PMID38902270
PMCPMC11190287

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