Bibliography Record

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Meredith, Robert W.; Gatesy, John; Murphy, William J.; Ryder, Oliver A.; Springer, Mark S. (detail)
   
2009
Molecular decay of the tooth gene enamelin (ENAM) mirrors the loss of enamel in the fossil record of placental mammals.
PLoS Genetics 5(9): 1-12. 6 figs. e1000634. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000634 Sept. 4, 2009.
–Includes Dugong dugon in cladogram (fig. 1, p. 3), showing that its enamelin gene is not degenerate (despite the vestigial state of its tooth enamel). Sirs. are not mentioned in the text.

Related Index Records (4)

Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x 2009 Meredith et al. (enamelin gene not degenerate; 3.)

Genetics
(SEE ALSO: Phylogeny and Affinities)
  x 2009 Meredith et al. (DD; enamelin gene not degenerate; 3.)

Phylogeny and Affinities of the Sirenia and/or Desmostylia
(SEE ALSO under species)
  x 2009 Meredith et al. (DD; enamelin gene not degenerate; 3.)

Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
  x 2009 Meredith et al. (DD; enamelin gene not degenerate; 3.)


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