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American Zoologist 1973 13(3):667-698; doi:10.1093/icb/13.3.667
© 1973 by The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
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Studies on the Endocrine Pancreas of Amphibians and Reptiles

JUAN C. PENHOS and ESTELLE RAMEY
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Washington, D. C. 20007 Department of Medicine, George Washington University Washington, D. C. 20037 Endocrine Research Unit, Veterans Administration Hospital Washington, D. C. 20422
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Washington, D. C. 20007

At this time, it can be said that the available data obtained from amphibians and reptiles as regards the endocrine pancreas is consistent with the much more extensive data known for the metabolic effects of insuilin and glucagon in mammals. There remain, however, many unexplored facets of the specific responses of the pancreas and the target tissues in lower animals.


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