Basics: How Teeth Became Tusks, and Tusks Became Liabilities

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 03:14 in Biology & Nature

Humans, mice, narwhals — most mammals rely on ancient genes to produce teeth and tusks. But the tuskless elephants of Africa show that nature can quickly alter the code.

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