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Active mode of excretion across digestive tissues predates the origin of excretory organs

Most bilaterian animals excrete toxic metabolites through specialized organs, such as nephridia and kidneys, which share morphological and functional correspondences. In contrast, excretion in non-nephrozoans is largely unknown, and therefore the reconstruction of ancestral excretory mechanisms is p...

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Autores principales: Andrikou, Carmen, Thiel, Daniel, Ruiz-Santiesteban, Juan A., Hejnol, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6687202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31356592
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000408