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SUBMITTER: Teixeira Rosa J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626026 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Teixeira Rosa Joana J Oralová Veronika V Larionova Daria D Eisenhoffer G T GT Eckhard Witten P P Huysseune Ann A
Scientific reports 20190712 1
The gnathostome pharyngeal cavity functions in food transport and respiration. In amniotes the mouth and nares are the only channels allowing direct contact between internal and external epithelia. In teleost fish, gill slits arise through opening of endodermal pouches and connect the pharynx to the exterior. Using transgenic zebrafish lines, cell tracing, live imaging and different markers, we investigated if pharyngeal openings enable epithelial invasion and how this modifies the pharyngeal ep ...[more]