Pharyngeal jaw
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pharyngeal-jaw-173-7801923
title:
Pharyngeal jaw
text:
Pharyngeal jaws are a "second set" of jaws contained within an animal's throat, or pharynx, distinct from the primary or oral jaws. They are believed to have originated as modified gill arches, in much the same way as oral jaws. Originally hypothesized to have evolved only once, current morphological and genetic analyses suggest at least two separate points of origin. Based on connections between musculoskeletal morphology and dentition, diet has been proposed as a main driver of the evolution o
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Mophological feature in some fish
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharyngeal_jaw
date created:
2008-03-04T06:11:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T06:40:21Z
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image:
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13
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