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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Evolution of stem cells traced in study of fossilized rodent teeth

By studying fossilized teeth from thousands of extinct rodent species, UC San Francisco and University of Helsinki scientists have shown how fundamental evolutionary mechanisms drive the emergence of novel mammalian stem cells. All currently existing rodent species have ever-growing front teeth, with crowns that are continually replenished as they are ground down by gnawing, but only some species have continuously growing molars.
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