Key Reproductive Hormone in Oldest Vertebrate ID'd
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 15:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A UNH professor of biochemistry and her colleagues have identified the first reproductive hormone of the hagfish - a gonadatropin -- representing a significant step toward unraveling the mystery of hagfish reproduction. At 500 million years old, hagfish are the oldest living vertebrate, predating the dinosaurs.