Talk:Endostyle

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A note on stub markers
I understand the long history of dividing the Animalia into Vertebrates and Invertebrates, but I am still bothered by classifying an article about an organ that is found only in Chordates as belonging to the subject area of the Invertebrates, especially as this organ is believed to be homologous with the thyroid gland of Vertebrates. Just a little griping. --  Dalbury ( Talk )  15:43, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

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Citations and Sources
There are several issues on this page pertaining to proper citation, which can be easily remedied.

My colleagues and I feel that it would be best to add a citation for the direct quote from the Smithsonian (https://www.stri.si.edu/sites/taxonomy_training/future_courses/Biological_glossary_Tunicates.html) describing the structure and features of the endostyle  in the first sentence so as to avoid plagiarism, as specified by Wikipedia standards.

Further, the Ogasawara source brings the reader to a page of the Biological Bulletin rather than to the cited article itself. Providing a link to the cited article is ideal, though if not possible, providing a link to an article with similar information is necessary.

Finally, the "three branches of chordates" mentioned, as well as the final sentence, is misleading and seems to be lifted from the Dumont source. Rephrasing to negate plagiarism is a must, as well as putting the "three branches of chordates" into larger evolutionary context with a figure of the chordate phylogeny (which can easily be added from Kardong et al.'s Comparative Anatomy textbook).

FigginsRD (talk) 00:39, 18 February 2017 (UTC)FigginsRD

Edits made
The adjustment that I made to this article was to improve the introductory sentences. While the recent edit which improved the citation discrepancy provided a more reliable resource, the sentence was still a verbatim lift from the provided glossary. The reworking I have done should eliminate this problem. I also moved the phrase about the classes of chordates to be in the beginning with the definition, to give that context earlier in the article, as well as enhance the flow of the writing, keeping the same topics more close together. Julisymmons (talk) 02:41, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Suggestions
It would be a good idea to change the language in the piece. In the first sentence they used the word "lower" which makes it seem less than in importance. Instead use the word derived or ancestral. Also in parenthesis it says that urochordates and cephalochordates are what have the endostyle, but other organisms have an endostyle. Expand on the thyroid gland and endostyle homology. Expand on the metamorphosis of the endostyle to the thyroid gland. Have you considered separating and expanding on the endostyle in the urochordates, cephalochordates and the metamorphosis of the endostyle to the thyroid gland into separate paragraphs? Bucl003 (talk) 18:19, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Emphasis on Mucus
The article, while speaking of the mucus secreted by the endostyle, should state the greater importance of the mucus, and the evolution from secreting mucus into the hormone producing thyroid. Hfrisk10 (talk) 02:20, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * You are welcome to edit the article, citing reliable sources. If you have any questions on style and formatting of content and citations, I will be happy to help. - Donald Albury 20:24, 16 September 2021 (UTC)