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THE removal of the pituitary has contributed to the understanding of the endocrinology of many groups of vertebrates. However, ablation of what is probably the most primitive extant pituitary1,2, namely that of a myxinoid cyclostome, has, to the best of our knowledge, not yet been reported.
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MATTY, A., FALKMER, S. Hypophysectomy and Blood Sugar Regulation in a Cyclostome, Myxine glutinosa. Nature 207, 533–534 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207533a0
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