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    In hormone: Ultimobranchial tissue and calcitonin

    Its actual source is the ultimobranchial tissue, represented in vertebrates from fishes upward by the ultimobranchial gland, which develops from the hinder part of the pharynx. Ultimobranchial tissue is the source of distinctive cells (called light, C, or parafollicular cells), which are found in the thyroid gland of mammals; in…

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