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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone in invertebrates: structure, function, and evolution.
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Aug 2006
Tsai Pei-San
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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is central to the initiation and maintenance of reproduction in vertebrates. GnRH is found in all major groups of Phylum Chordata, including the protochordates. Studies on functional and structural evolution of GnRH have, in the past, focused exclusively on chordates. However, the recent structural elucidation of an octopus GnRH-like molecule and increasing evidence that...
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