nounThe formation of bone; the act or process of changing or of being changed into bone, or into a bony substance; the change so effected: as, theossificationof cartilage. Seeosteogenesis. nounThat which is ossified, or the result of ossification; bone in general. ...
They showed that the development of the bones of this region is indeed constrained in marsupials compared to placentals. However, when considering the entire skull, both groups showed the same amount of cranial disparity. Although bony skull development in marsupials has been studied in this ...
Furthermore, if this is a recapitulation of neural crest formation of the bones and cartilage of the head, then presumably this is not endochondral bone formation but rather two independent processes. Thus, it may not be surprising that these osteogenic cells appear in a location distinct from ...