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    Microscopy studies and transcriptome analyses have shown that the slime glands of hagfish evolved from cells and genes expressed in the skin.

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    Experiments on RNA point to the existence of an RNA localization ‘code’ that operates in multiple cell types and is conserved across species.

    Raeann Goering, Ankita Arora ... J Matthew Taliaferro
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