Mandible

Known as: Lower Jaw, Bone, Mandibular, Lower jaw bone 
The largest and strongest bone of the FACE constituting the lower jaw. It supports the lower teeth.
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Integration and evolution of the cichlid mandible: the molecular basis of alternate feeding strategies.
African cichlid fishes have repeatedly evolved highly specialized modes of feeding through adaptations of their oral jaws. Here… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Integration and modularity of quantitative trait locus effects on geometric shape in the mouse mandible.
The mouse mandible has long served as a model system for complex morphological structures. Here we use new methodology based on… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Developmental integration in a complex morphological structure: how distinct are the modules in the mouse mandible?
The mouse mandible has long served as a model system for studying the development and evolution of complex morphological… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Quantitative genetics of geometric shape in the mouse mandible.
We combine the methods of geometric morphometrics and multivariate quantitative genetics to study the patterns of phenotypic and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Genetic architecture of mandible shape in mice: effects of quantitative trait loci analyzed by geometric morphometrics.
This study introduces a new multivariate approach for analyzing the effects of quantitative trait loci (QTL) on shape and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Increased bone density in sclerosteosis is due to the deficiency of a novel secreted protein (SOST).
Sclerosteosis is a progressive sclerosing bone dysplasia with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Radiologically, it is… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Fate of the mammalian cranial neural crest during tooth and mandibular morphogenesis.
Neural crest cells are multipotential stem cells that contribute extensively to vertebrate development and give rise to various… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Bone response to unloaded and loaded titanium implants with a sandblasted and acid-etched surface: a histometric study in the canine mandible.
Many dental clinical implant studies have focused on the success of endosseous implants with a variety of surface characteristics… (More)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Lengthening the human mandible by gradual distraction.
Lengthening of the mandible by gradual distraction was performed on four young patients (average age 78 months). The amount of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Fibula free flap: a new method of mandible reconstruction.
The fibula was investigated as a donor site for free-flap mandible reconstruction. It has the advantages of consistent shape… (More)
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