Modular tubes: common principles of renal development #MMPMID12842026
Schejter ED; Shilo BZ
Curr Biol 2003[Jul]; 13 (13): R511-3 PMID12842026show ga
The nephrons of the vertebrate kidney originate from mesenchymal tissue that is recruited and incorporated into a branching epithelium. Key features of this unusual manner of specifying functional units within a tubular organ have now been found to be similarly employed during development of the insect renal system.