A comparative analysis of glomerulus development in the pronephros of medaka and zebrafish.

The glomerulus of the vertebrate kidney links the vasculature to the excretory system and produces the primary urine. It is a component of every single nephron in the complex mammalian metanephros and also in the primitive pronephros of fish and amphibian larvae. This systematic work highlights the...

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Main Authors: Koichiro Ichimura, Ekaterina Bubenshchikova, Rebecca Powell, Yayoi Fukuyo, Tomomi Nakamura, Uyen Tran, Shoji Oda, Minoru Tanaka, Oliver Wessely, Hidetake Kurihara, Tatsuo Sakai, Tomoko Obara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3445478?pdf=render