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LOSS OF TEETH. “All extant Mysticeti possess baleen and they are born entirely edentulous, despite being descended from ancestors that possessed teeth. The presence of rudimentary teeth in extant mysticete fetuses reflects this ancestry, but the developmental mechanisms responsible for tooth loss in utero remain obscure.”

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00067/full

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