title: The hemopoietic system: a phylogenetic approach.
abstract: Nomadism is a true hemopoietic characteristic during vertebrate phylogeny and ontogeny. This work reviews the mechanism and developmental steps of hemopoiesis, from a phylogenetic point of view. A summary of the principal hemopoietic "foci" along the evolutionary line is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional del Sur, Departamento de Biología, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Galíndez
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Aggio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny