Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Epidermal threads reveal the origin of hagfish slime
Y. Zeng, D. C. Plachetzki, K. Nieders…·D. Fudge
This study identifies epidermal threads in hagfish skin as the evolutionary origin of slime threads, showing they are ancestral and structurally distinct from slime threads.
DOI 10.7554/elife.81405