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All vertebrates have a definitive thyroid gland,or thyroid for short.As a critical organ for growth,development and metabolism,its origin and evolution have long received attention.On the basis of anatomical position,...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.32270434。
Liver is characteristic of all vertebrates.As a critical hub for many physiological processes including metabolism,innate immunity,protein synthesis and detoxification,its evolutionary origin was largely underapprecia...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.32073000;the Marine S&T Fund of Shandong Province for Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(Qingdao)under contract No.2018SDKJ0302-1.
Pituitary gland,or pituitary for short,is characteristic of all vertebrates.As a“master gland”controlling a multitude of important functions in the body,its evolutionary origin has been an object of investigations o...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30470203,2006CB101805, and 2008AA09Z411) ;Ministry of Sci-ence and Technology of China.
Protochordate amphioxus is an extant invertebrate regarded quite recently as a basal chordate. It has a vertebrate-like body plan including a circulation system with an organization similar to that of vertebrates. How...