Selected Publications
2009
Munne P. M., Tummers M., Järvinen E., Thesleff I. & Jernvall, J. (2009). Tinkering with the inductive mesenchyme: Sostdc1 uncovers the role of dental mesenchyme in limiting tooth induction. Development 136: 393–402, doi:10.1242/dev.025064 On line
2008
Jernvall, J., Gilbert, C. C. & Wright, P. C. (2008). Peculiar tooth homologies of the greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur = Hapalemur simus): When is a paracone not a paracone? J. G. Fleagle & C. C. Gilbert (eds), In: Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins, Springer, New York, pp. 335–342. PDF
Järvinen, E., Välimäki, K., Pummila, M., Thesleff, I. & Jernvall, J. (2008). The taming of the shrew milk teeth. Evolution and Development 10: 477–486. PDF
Wright, P. C., King, S. J., Baden, A. & Jernvall, J. (2008). Aging in wild female lemurs: Sustained fertility with increased infant mortality. Primate Reproductive Aging, S. Atsalis, S. W. Margulis & P. R. Hof (eds), In: Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology Vol. 36, Karger Press, Basel, pp. 17–28.
Plyusnin, I., Evans, A.R., Karme, A., Gionis, A., & Jernvall, J. (2008). Automated 3D Phenotype Analysis Using Data Mining. PLoS ONE 3(3): e1742.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001742 PDF On line
2007
Kavanagh, K.D., Evans, A.R., & Jernvall, J. (2007). Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development. Nature 449: 427–432. See News and Views (Polly 2007).
Evans, A.R., Wilson, G.P., Fortelius, M., & Jernvall, J. (2007). High-level similarity of dentitions in carnivorans and rodents. Nature 445: 78–81.
2006
Järvinen, E., Salazar-Ciudad, I., Birchmeier, W., Taketo, M.M., Jernvall, J. & Thesleff, I. (2006). Continuous tooth generation in mouse is induced by activated epithelial Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 103: 18627–18632. PDF
Klein, O.D., Minowada, G., Peterkova, R., Kangas, A., Yu, B.D., Lesot, H., Peterka, M., Jernvall, J. & Martin, G.R. (2006). Sprouty genes control diastema tooth development via bidirectional antagonism of epithelial-mesenchymal FGF signaling. Developmental Cell 11: 181–190. PDF
Fortelius, M., Gionis, A., Jernvall, J. & Mannila, H. (2006). Spectral ordering and biochronology of European fossil mammals. Paleobiology 32: 206–214. PDF
2005
King, S.J., Arrigo-Nelson, S.J., Pochron, S.T., Semprebon, G.M., Godfrey, L.R., Wright, P.C. & Jernvall, J. (2005). Dental senescence in a long-lived primate links infant survival to rainfall. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 102: 16579–16583. PDF
Salazar-Ciudad, I., & Jernvall, J. (2005). Graduality and innovation in the evolution of complex phenotypes: insights from development. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 304B: 619–631. PDF
Kassai, Y., Munne, P., Hotta, Y., Penttilä, E., Kavanagh, K., Ohbayashi, N., Takada, S., Thesleff, I., Jernvall, J. & Itoh, N. (2005). Regulation of mammalian tooth cusp patterning by ectodin. Science 309: 2067–2070. PDF
2004
Jernvall, J., & Fortelius, M. (2004). Maintenance of trophic structure in fossil mammal communities: site occupancy and taxon resilience. American Naturalist 164: 614–624. PDF
Salazar-Ciudad, I., & Jernvall, J. (2004). How different types of pattern formation mechanisms affect the evolution of form and development. Evolution and Development 6: 6–16. PDF
Kangas, A.T., Evans, A.R., Thesleff, I., & Jernvall, J. (2004). Nonindependence of mammalian dental characters. Nature 432: 211–214. PDF PUBMED
2003
Salazar-Ciudad, I., Jernvall, J., & Newman, S.A. (2003). Mechanisms of pattern formation in development and evolution. Development 130: 2027–2037. PDF
Jernvall, J., Wright, P.C., Ravoavy, F.L., & Simons, E.L. (2003). Report on findings of subfossils at Ampoza and Ampanihy in southwestern Madagascar. Lemur News 8: 21–23. PDF
2002
Fortelius, M., Eronen, J., Jernvall, J., Liu, L., Pushkina, D., Rinne, J., Tesakov, A., Vislobokova, I., Zhang, Z., & Zhou, L. (2002). Fossil mammals resolve regional patterns of Eurasian climate change over 20 million years. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4: 1005–1016. PDF
Jernvall, J., & Fortelius, M. (2002). Common mammals drive the evolutionary increase of hypsodonty in the Neogene. Nature 417: 538–540.
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Salazar-Ciudad, I., & Jernvall, J. (2002). A gene network model accounting for development and evolution of mammalian teeth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 99: 8116–8120. Program files PDF
2000
Jernvall, J. (2000). Linking development with generation of novelty in mammalian teeth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 97: 2641–2645. PDF
Jernvall, J., Hunter, J.P., & Fortelius, M. (2000). Trends in the evolution of molar crown types in ungulate mammals: evidence from the Northern Hemisphere. In: Development, Function and Evolution of Teeth, M. Teaford, M.M. Smith & M. Ferguson (eds), Cambridge University Press, pp. 269–281.
Jernvall, J., & Jung, H.-S. (2000). Genotype, phenotype and developmental biology of molar tooth characters. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 43: 171–190. PDF
Jernvall, J., Keränen, S.V.E., & Thesleff, I. (2000). Evolutionary modification of development in mammalian teeth: Quantifying gene expression patterns and topography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 97: 14444–14448. PDF
Jernvall, J., & Thesleff, I. (2000). Return of lost structure in the developmental control of tooth shape. In: Development, Function and Evolution of Teeth, M. Teaford, M.M. Smith & M. Ferguson (eds), Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–21.
Jernvall, J., & Thesleff, I. (2000). Reiterative signaling and patterning during mammalian tooth morphogenesis. Mechanisms of Development 92: 19–29. PDF
1990s
Jernvall, J., & Selänne, L. (1999). Laser confocal microscopy and geographic information systems in the study of dental morphology. Palaeontologia Electronica 2(1): 18 p., 905KB. on line PDF
Keränen, S.V.E., Kettunen, P., Åberg, T., Thesleff, I., & Jernvall, J. (1999). Gene expression patterns associated with suppression of odontogenesis in mouse and vole diastema region. Development, Genes and Evolution 209: 495–506. PDF
Pispa, J., Jung, H.-S., Jernvall, J., Kettunen, P., Mustonen, T., Tabata, M.J., Kere, J., & Thesleff, I. (1999). Cusp patterning defect in Tabby mouse teeth and its partial rescue by FGF. Developmental Biology 216: 521–534. PDF
Wright, P.C., & Jernvall, J. (1999). The future of primate communities: a reflection of the present? In: Primate communities, J.G. Fleagle, C. Janson & K. Reed (eds), Cambridge University Press, pp. 295–309.
Jernvall, J., & Wright, P.C. (1998). Diversity components of impending primate extinctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 95: 11279–11283. PDF
Jernvall, J., Åberg, T., Kettunen, P., Keränen, S., & Thesleff, I. (1998). The life history of an embryonic signaling center: BMP-4 induces p21 and is associated with apoptosis in the mouse tooth enamel knot. Development 125: 161–169. PDF
Keränen, S.V.E., Åberg, T., Kettunen, P., Thesleff, I., & Jernvall, J. (1998). Association of developmental regulatory genes with the development of different molar tooth shapes in two species of rodents. Development, Genes and Evolution 208: 477–486. PDF
Jernvall, J., Hunter, J.P., & Fortelius, M. (1996). Molar tooth diversity, disparity, and ecology in Cenozoic ungulate radiations. Science 274: 1489–1492.
Vaahtokari, A., Åberg, T., Jernvall, J., Keränen, S., & Thesleff, I. (1996). The enamel knot as a signaling center in the developing mouse tooth. Mechanisms of Development 54: 39–43. PDF
Jernvall, J. (1995). Mammalian molar cusp patterns: Developmental mechanisms of diversity. Acta Zoologica Fennica 198: 1–61.
Hunter, J.P., & Jernvall, J. (1995). The hypocone as a key innovation in mammalian evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 92: 10718–10722. PDF
Jernvall, J., Kettunen, P., Karavanova, I., Martin, L.B., & Thesleff, I. (1994). Evidence for the role of the enamel knot as a control center in mammalian tooth cusp formation: non-dividing cells express growth stimulating Fgf-4 gene. International Journal of Developmental Biology 38: 463–469.
