• DOI:10.1007/s00427-004-0450-0
Corpus ID: 21813092

Anatomical and molecular reinvestigation of lamprey endostyle development provides new insight into thyroid gland evolution

@article{Kluge2004AnatomicalAM,
  title={Anatomical and molecular reinvestigation of lamprey endostyle development provides new insight into thyroid gland evolution},
  author={B. Kluge and N. Renault and K. Rohr},
  journal={Development Genes and Evolution},
  year={2004},
  volume={215},
  pages={32-40}
}

B. Kluge, N. Renault, K. Rohr

Published 2004

Biology, Medicine

Development Genes and Evolution

The thyroid gland of vertebrates is considered to be homologous to the endostyle of non-vertebrate chordates (cephalochordates, urochordates), a key character for understanding the origin and evolution of the chordate body plan. In lampreys, the larval endostyle transforms into an adult thyroid gland during metamorphosis, reflecting evolutionary changes that occurred in the vertebrate lineage. Focussing on thyroid-like cells in the endostyle, we here relate morphologically visible steps of… CONTINUE READING

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