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The authors have reexamined the liver of Myxine with the light and electron microscopes. The observations demonstrate that the liver in this animal is really a tubular gland, in accordance with the conclusions of older anatomists, but in contrast to more recent statements. The existence of a tubular pattern in the liver of the lowest living vertebrate is important for the elaboration of a valid general model of liver structure, which necessarily has to be based on comparative anatomy.
The special cytology of the liver and the ductular cells is presented.
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Mugnaini, E., Harboe, S.B. The Liver of Myxine glutinosa: A true tubular gland. Z. Zellforsch. 78, 341–369 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00325318
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