Functional optimality underpins the repeated evolution of the extreme “saber-tooth” morphology - Pollock, Tahlia I.; Deakin, William J.; Chatar, Narimane; Milla Carmona, Pablo S.; Rovinsky, Douglass S.; Panagiotopoulou, Olga; Parker, William M.G.; Adams, Justin W.; Hocking, David P.; Donoghue, Philip C.J.; Rayfield, Emily J.; Evans, Alistair R. (Current biology, 2025)
Keywords: Animals; Biological Evolution; canine; Carnivora; Cuspid - anatomy & histology; Cuspid - physiology; form-function; functional morphology; Life sciences; mammal; optimality; puncture performance; saber-tooth; Sciences du vivant; Tooth - anatomy & histology; Tooth - physiology; tooth biomechanics; tooth morphology; functional morphology; Carnivora; optimality; mammal; puncture performance; tooth morphology; canine; saber-tooth; tooth biomechanics; form-function