Evolution of primary hemostasis in early vertebrates.

Hemostasis is a defense mechanism which protects the organism in the event of injury to stop bleeding. Recently, we established that all the known major mammalian hemostatic factors are conserved in early vertebrates. However, since their highly vascularized gills experience high blood pressure and...

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Main Authors: Seongcheol Kim, Maira Carrillo, Vrinda Kulkarni, Pudur Jagadeeswaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2793433?pdf=render