The Shark Basal Hypothalamus: Molecular Prosomeric Subdivisions and Evolutionary Trends

• Main Authors: Gabriel N. Santos-Durán (Author), Susana Ferreiro-Galve (Author), Arnaud Menuet (Author), Sylvie Mazan (Author), Isabel Rodríguez-Moldes (Author), Eva Candal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The hypothalamus is a key integrative center of the vertebrate brain. To better understand its ancestral morphological organization and evolution, we previously analyzed the segmental organization of alar subdivisions in the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula, a cartilaginous fish and thus a basal repre...