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Thyroid and endostyle development in cyclostomes provides new insights into the evolutionary history of vertebrates
BACKGROUND: The endostyle is an epithelial exocrine gland found in non-vertebrate chordates (amphioxi and tunicates) and the larvae of modern lampreys. It is generally considered to be an evolutionary precursor of the thyroid gland of vertebrates. Transformation of the endostyle into the thyroid gla...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8973611/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35361194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01282-7 |