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Graphical representation of the endodermal and mesodermal contribution of the thyroid gland

This image summarises the endodermal and mesodermal contribution to the development of the thyroid gland. The progenitor cells are from anterior endoderm and receives buds from left and right endodermal buds covered in mesoderm.

References

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Copyright

Copyright: © 2011 Carre et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

--Mark Hill (talk) 13:40 7 November 2014 (EST) Assessment - Figure relates to embryonic thyroid topic and contains reference, copyright and student template. While embryonic development is required to understand what has gone before, you have not included much in fetal development. There is no explanation of the molecular factors shown in the figure.

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