Organogenesis of the Kidney (Developmental and Cell Biology Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780521035088
Subjects: Cellular biology; Developmental biology; Science; Animals; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - Developmental Biology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Mammals; Kidneys; Nature / Mammals; Science / Developmental Biology; Science : Life Sciences - Biology - Developmental Biology; Science : Life Sciences - Biology - General
First sentence: The functional unit of the vertebrate excretory system, the nephron, is similar in its essential features in all vertebrate classes from cyclostomes to mammals, and it has been found in the fossils of the oldest known vertebrates, the ostracoderms (Torrey, 1965).