Histochemical indications for a chemically complex signal produced by the cervical gill slit gland of the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) possesses an exocrine gland associated with its false gill slit pigmentation pattern. The cervical gill slit gland is a compound tubuloalveolar gland that produces a holocrine secretion and displays maturational changes in size and secretory histology. While t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) N.J. : 2007), 2025-01
Hauptverfasser:	Keenan, Tiffany F, McLellan, William A, Rommel, Sentiel A, Costidis, Alexander M, Harms, Craig A, Thewissen, J G M, Rehorek, Susan J, Rotstein, David S, Gay, Mark D, Taylor, Alison R, Koopman, Heather N, Wang, Ying, Kamel, Stephanie, Pabst, D Ann
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Sprache:	eng
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