Article
Speculating on the Evolutionary Pathway of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis
2024-04-01
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid hormones are essential for regulating the metabolic rate, growth, development, and maintenance of many physiological processes in vertebrates. They are synthesized by the thyroid gland, which is an ancient organ that evolved early in vertebrate evolution. This study aims to characterize the evolutionary path of polymorphic variants associated with the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis by comparing...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 391f1a79-8c43-5f0c-bf4c-8df9fb072f3b
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202404.0040.v1
