Transcriptomic analysis supports similar functional roles for the two thymuses of the tammar wallaby

BACKGROUND: The thymus plays a critical role in the development and maturation of T-cells. Humans have a single thoracic thymus and presence of a second thymus is considered an anomaly. However, many vertebrates have multiple thymuses. The tammar wallaby has two thymuses: a thoracic thymus (typicall...

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Autores principales: Wong, Emily SW, Papenfuss, Anthony T, Heger, Andreas, Hsu, Arthur L, Ponting, Chris P, Miller, Robert D, Fenelon, Jane C, Renfree, Marilyn B, Gibbs, Richard A, Belov, Katherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21854594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-420

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21854594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-420

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