Identification of potential epithelial stem cells responsible for continuous tooth replacement in the African bichir (Polypterus senegalus), a basal Osteichtyan

• Main Authors: De Clercq, Adelbert, Vandenplas, Sam, Huysseune, Ann
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Tooth The; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8637609; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8637609

In this thesis we wished to test the hypothesis that stem cells are involved in the process of continuous tooth replacement in the basal actinopterygian, Polypterus senegalus (African bichir). First, we studied the morphology of the dentition and the tooth replacement pattern on the premaxillary, ma...