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Expression of Thyroid Hormone Receptor-α in the Growth and Development of the Sea Bream (Sparus Aurata)

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Thyroid hormones (THs) play a number of roles in vertebrate organisms. In mammals, in addition to influencing basic metabolic rate, THs affect prenatal and post-natal development, with transgenic mice lacking the thyroid hormone receptor (TR)-α dying within a few weeks of birth, apparently due to an inability to complete some of the maturation processes required for survival in the post-weaning period (Fraichard et al., 1997). Additionally, TH deficiency during differentiation causes a number of abnormalities including neurological and skeletal defects.

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  1. School of Molecular and Medical Biosciences, University of Wales, P.O. Box 911, Cardiff, CF1 3US, UK

    Lynda Llewellyn, Vimi P. Ramsurn & Glen E. Sweeney

  2. School of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Wales, P.O. Box 915, Cardiff, CF1 3TL, UK

    Lynda Llewellyn, Vimi P. Ramsurn & Trevor Wigham

  3. Unidade de Ciencias e Tecnologias Agrarias, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, 8000, Portugal

    Deborah M. Power

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Llewellyn, L., Ramsurn, V.P., Wigham, T., Power, D.M., Sweeney, G.E. (1998). Expression of Thyroid Hormone Receptor-α in the Growth and Development of the Sea Bream (Sparus Aurata). In: Gal, Y.L., Halvorson, H.O. (eds) New Developments in Marine Biotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5983-9_23

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