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Myxinidae

Known as: Hagfish, Hagfishs, Hagfishes 
Common name for a family of eel-shaped jawless fishes (Myxinidae), the only family in the order MYXINIFORMES. They are not true vertebrates.
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

AgnathaMyxiniformes

Narrower (2)

HagfishMyxine glutinosa
Microbiologicalaspects of radiation effectsphysiological aspects

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Transcriptome analysis of hagfish leukocytes: a framework for understanding the immune system of jawless fishes.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor function in early vertebrates: inducibility of cytochrome P450 1A in agnathan and elasmobranch fish.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Isolation of low molecular mass polypeptide complementary DNA clones from primitive vertebrates. Implications for the origin of MHC class I-restricted antigen presentation.
Proteasomes are the multisubunit proteases thought to be involved in the generation of peptides presented by MHC class I… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Evidence from 18S ribosomal RNA sequences that lampreys and hagfishes form a natural group.
Lampreys and hagfishes (cyclostomes) traditionally were considered to be a natural (monophyletic) group. Recently, the consensus… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Presence of a member of the Tc1-like transposon family from nematodes and Drosophila within the vasotocin gene of a primitive vertebrate, the Pacific hagfish Eptatretus stouti.
Molecular cloning of the vasotocin gene of a cyclostome, the Pacific hagfish Eptatretus stouti, reveals, in contrast to other… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Hagfish humoral defense protein exhibits structural and functional homology with mammalian complement components.
A genomic clone and cDNA fragment encoding a portion of a humoral recognition molecule from the hagfish were isolated and… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Origins of the descending spinal projections in petromyzontid and myxinoid agnathans
  • M. Ronan
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 24333226
The origins of the descending spinal pathways in sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus), silver lampreys (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis), and… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Immunocytochemical studies of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in brains of agnathan fishes. I. Comparisons of adult Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentata) and the Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus…
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Blood sugar regulation in the hagfish, Myxine glutinosa.
Review
1964
Review
1964
THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CHEMICAL DIFFERENCES IN BILE SALTS
1. The chemical nature of the bile salts is a character that must be under the control of several genes and is also affected by… 
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