Parallel evolution of direct development in frogs - Skin and thyroid gland development in African Squeaker Frogs (Anura: Arthroleptidae: Arthroleptis).

Benjamin NaumannSusan SchweigerJörg U Hammel Hendrik Müller

Published in: Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists (2021)

This suggests that the development of many adult features is still dependent on, and possibly constrained by, the ancestral dependency on thyroid hormone signaling.

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young adults