ANTC16H3 Lecture Notes - C3 Carbon Fixation, Herbivore, C4 Carbon Fixation
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Diet is important to females due reproductive and for males its important family. Well developed crests because leaf is hard to digest. Dentin is the softest part of the teeth and the enamel is the hardest part of the teeth. As the teeth wears the crests become sharper but eventually cusps become more flat will be hard to process food. (leaves) Kays threshold over 500 g leaf eaters and under 500g insects eaters. Tend to be small animals with sharp cusps. P4 & m1 - carnassils with large canines. They are not well designed eating for leaves or meat. So there are no dental patterns to determine their diet. Liem"s paradox species that eat diet that"s different from what their teeth were designed. Dental micowear analysis - sample small area you can a. Leaf eaters tend to have lots of scratches. Fruit eaters tend to have scratches and pits.