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Adult maxillary dentition mapped onto a molecular snake phylogeny to show relative positions of the various fang types.<br />

a, Phylogeny. The evolutionary changes leading from an unmodified maxillary dentition to the different fang types in advanced<br />

snakes are indicated at the nodes:<br />

(1) continuous maxillary dental lamina, no specialized subregions—ancestral condition for advanced snakes;<br />

(2) evolution of posterior maxillary dental lamina—developmental uncoupling of posterior from anterior teeth;<br />

(3) starting differentiation of the posterior teeth with the venom gland;<br />

(4) loss of anterior dental lamina and development of front fangs.<br />

b, c, Adult skulls: lateral views (b); palate, schematic ventral views (c; maxilla coloured, fangs circled). Asterisks indicate species<br />

studied by electron microscopy.<br />

(Bron: Nature 454, 31 July 2008, p. 630-633)<br />

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