Phylogenic and Ultrastructural Properties of the Primitive Tonsils of Laboratory Suncuses

  • Kimura Michio
    Department of Anatomy, Kansai Shinkyu College, Kansai Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Tohya Kazuo
    Department of Anatomy, Kansai Shinkyu College, Kansai Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Tabata Toshihide
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Wakayama Medical College

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Suncus (Suncus murinus), recently developed as a new small laboratory animal of Insectivora in Japan, is of special interest in understanding tonsillar evolution since the suncus has a pair of primitive palatine tonsils [1]. Phylogenically, the animal is closer to primates than conventional laboratory rodents - mice, rats and guinea pigs lacking palatine tonsils. The present study deals with the ultrastructural and immunohistochemical characteristics of the suncus tonsils and discusses its phylogenic properties.

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  • CRID
    1572824501706661760
  • NII Article ID
    110001058022
  • NII Book ID
    AN10371516
  • ISSN
    09129545
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • CiNii Articles

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