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IN a previous communication1, I have described the distribution of melanophore-aggregating hormone in the pituitary of the minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus). By use of the method described there the distribution of minnow erythrophore-dispersing and frog melanophore-dispersing factors in the minnow pituitary has been investigated.
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KENT, A. Distribution of Chromactivating Hormones in the Pituitary of the Minnow. Nature 186, 395–396 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186395a0
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