Comparative endocrinology
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Comparative endocrinology focuses on the complexities of vertebrate and invertebrate endocrine systems across sub-molecular, molecular, cellular, and organismal levels of analysis. It is an interdisciplinary field that bridges biology and medicine, addressing the morphological and functional aspects of organismal development. [1] The discovery of new hormones often first occurs in model organisms before their orthologs are identified in mammals. [2]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Endocrinology
- Pediatric endocrinology
- Neuroendocrinology
- Reproductive endocrinology
- Hormone
- Endocrine disease
- Interdisciplinary sub-specialties of medicine