... for the first time in the early mammalian embryo before the formation of RP. * These authors contributed equally to this work ‡ Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 26 February 2001 5 January 2001 © 2001 by Company of Biologists 2001 Hypophysis...

...) takes a rostroventral route to acquire morphological contact with the anterodorsal wall of the foregut before differentiating into the epithelial hypophysis. At the end of the tail-bud stage, they meet again beneath the diencephalic floor and establish a hypothalamo-hypophyseal connection. Some...

...-pituitary interactions. * Author for correspondence 15 08 1990 © 1990 by Company of Biologists 1990 cell-cell interactions diencephalon hypophysis in situ hybridization histochemistry neurogenesis neuropeptides proopiomelanocortin pituitary Xenopus A central...