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Endocrinology
Chapter 7
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
10/06/2014
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Origin of the Thyroid Gland

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A.First evident in tunicates, amphioxus:  mucus secreting endostyle in pharyngeal region  (mucus used to trap food)
B.Iodide accumulation occurred from passage of seawater through the gill region
C.Iodinated Tyrosines incorporated in to glycoproteins secreted by endostyle cells
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