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Hoxd11 specifies a program of metanephric kidney development within the intermediate mesoderm of the mouse embryo.
Developmental biology - 15 Jul 2008
Mugford Joshua W, Sipilä Petra, Kobayashi Akio, Behringer Richard R, McMahon Andrew P
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The mammalian kidney consists of an array of tubules connected to a ductal system that collectively function to control water/salt balance and to remove waste from the organisms' circulatory system. During mammalian embryogenesis, three kidney structures form within the intermediate mesoderm. The two most anterior structures, the pronephros and the mesonephros, are transitory and largely non-functional, while the...
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