Polyphyodont

Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

A polyphyodont is any animal whose teeth are continually replaced. In contrast, diphyodonts are characterized by having only two successive sets of teeth.[1]

Polyphyodonts include most toothed fishes, many reptiles such as crocodiles and geckos,[2][3][4] and most other vertebrates, mammals being the main exception.

  1. ^ Buchtová, M.; Štembírek, J.; Glocová, K.; Matalová, E.; Tucker, A.S. (May 2012). "Early Regression of the Dental Lamina Underlies the Development of Diphyodont Dentitions". Journal of Dental Research. 91 (5): 491–498. doi:10.1177/0022034512442896. PMID 22442052. S2CID 206417026.
  2. ^ "Mechanism of tooth replacement in Leopard geckos]". Archived from the original on 2015-03-12.[self-published source?]
  3. ^ Fuenzalida, Marcela; Lemus, Susi; Illanes, Julio; Montiel, Enrique; Acuña, Olga; Lemus, David (2000). "Histochemical detection of sugar residues in lizard teeth (Liolaemus gravenhorsti): a lectin-binding study". Biological Research. 33 (3–4): 215–226. doi:10.4067/s0716-97602000000300008. PMID 15696682.
  4. ^ Gaete, Marcia; Tucker, Abigail S. (3 September 2013). "Organized Emergence of Multiple-Generations of Teeth in Snakes Is Dysregulated by Activation of Wnt/Beta-Catenin Signalling". PLOS ONE. 8 (9): e74484. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...874484G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074484. PMC 3760860. PMID 24019968.

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