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A computer model of tooth evolution designed to assess the impact of developmental dynamics on natural selection reveals that complexity reduces the likelihood of maximum fitness being attained. See Letter p.361

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Figure 1: Mammalian tooth development.

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  1. *This article and the paper under discussion2 were published online on 1 May 2013.

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  1. P. David Polly is in the Departments of Geological Sciences, Biology and Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.,

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Polly, P. Stuck between the teeth. Nature 497, 325–326 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12099

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