Glycoprotein hormone in the pituitary of hagfish and its evolutionary implications

Emergence and evolution of the glycoprotein hormone and neurotrophin gene families in vertebrates

(2011) Sandra Santos et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Characterization of Novel RFamide Peptides in the Central Nervous System of the Brown Hagfish: Isolation, Localization, and Functional Analysis

(2011) Tomohiro Osugi et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Seasonal changes of brain GnRH-I, -II, and -III during the final reproductive period in adult male and female sea lamprey

(2010) Stacia A. Sower et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Evolution of the Reproductive Endocrine System in Chordates

(2010) K. Kubokawa et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Functional Divergence of Glycoprotein Hormone Receptors

(2010) M. Freamat et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Evolutionary origin of a functional gonadotropin in the pituitary of the most primitive vertebrate, hagfish

(2010) K. Uchida et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distinct Expression Patterns of Glycoprotein Hormone-α2 and -β5 in a Basal Chordate Suggest Independent Developmental Functions

(2009) Sandra Dos Santos et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Expression of the gene for ancestral glycoprotein hormone β subunit in the nerve cord of amphioxus

(2009) Yukiko Tando et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The Hagfish Pituitary Gland and Its Putative Adenohypophysial Hormones

(2009) Masumi Nozaki   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

A Homolog of the Vertebrate Thyrostimulin Glycoprotein Hormone α Subunit (GPA2) is Expressed in Amphioxus Neurons

(2009) Yukiko Tando et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Origins of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) in Vertebrates: Identification of a Novel GnRH in a Basal Vertebrate, the Sea Lamprey

(2008) Scott I. Kavanaugh et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

The origins of the vertebrate hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) and hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid (HPT) endocrine systems: New insights from lampreys

(2008) Stacia A. Sower et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Timing of Genome Duplications Relative to the Origin of the Vertebrates: Did Cyclostomes Diverge before or after?

(2008) S. Kuraku et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION