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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) cells arise from cranial neural crest and adenohypophyseal regions of the neural plate in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.
Developmental biology - 1 May 2003
Whitlock K E, Wolf C D, Boyce M L
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The olfactory placodes generate the primary sensory neurons of the olfactory sensory system. Additionally, the olfactory placodes have been proposed to generate a class of neuroendocrine cells containing gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). GnRH is a multifunctional decapeptide essential for the development of secondary sex characteristics in vertebrates as well as a neuromodulator within the central nervous...
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