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CT scan of the adult catshark (S. canicula) lower jaw showing colored tooth rows (this jaw houses 6 tooth generations).

Development and regeneration of Continuous tooth production in chondrichthyan fishes

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Early developing first tooth (magenta: lef1 expression) and dental lamina (green: sox2 expression) in the embryonic catshark (S. canicula).

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Developing skin denticle in the catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)

Epidermal appendage patterning and development

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Rendered MicroCT scan of the hatchling catshark head, with green skin denticles.

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Developing beak of the pufferfish - each red (alizarin) jaw length dentine band represents a new tooth generation, stacking up to construct the beak.

Developing evolutionary innovation through
regeneration: dental novelty in Pufferfish
and relatives    

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Ranzania Laevis (Slender Sunfish) embyros (cartilage and bone stained)
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