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Research Interests:
Evolutionary and functional aspects of dental development and tooth replacement

Areas of Interest:
tooth development
tooth replacement
evolution
rates and patterns of growth and development
mammals
marsupials

Recent Publications (More Publications) (search)

van Nievelt, A.F.H. and K.K. Smith. "To replace or not to replace: The significance of reduced tooth replacement in marsupial and placental mammals." Paleobiology 31.2 (2005): 324-346. [abs]
van Nievelt, A.F.H. and K.K. Smith. "Tooth eruption in Monodelphis domestica and its significance for phylogeny and natural history." Journal of Mammalogy 86.2 (2005): 333-341. [abs]
van Nievelt, A.F.H.. "Somatic growth and growth of the erupted dentition in a marsupial." 2004: 336.
van Nievelt, A.F.H. and K.K. Smith. "Evolution of reduced tooth replacement in therian mammals." 2001: 294.
van Nievelt, A.F.H. and K.K. Smith. "A case of bilateral 180° rotation of the last lower molars of Monodelphis domestica (Marsupialia: Didelphidae)." Archives of Oral Biology 42.8 (1997): 587-591.

Education:
Ph.D., Duke University, 2002
A.M., University of Michigan, 1986
A.B., Dartmouth College, 1984