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Also, the ultimobranchial bodies developed from the pharyngeal pouch endoderm express EphA4, but the ultimobranchial epithelium loses the EGFP signal before it merges with the median thyroid primordium. Embryonic C cells invading the thyroid are exclusively EphA4-negative. EphA4 expression continues in the adult thyroid. EphA4 knock-out mice and EphA4-EGFP homozygous mutants are euthyroid and have a normal thyroid anatomy but display subtle histological alterations regarding number, size, and shape of follicles. Of particular interest, the pattern of follicular abnormality differs between EphA4\u2212\/\u2212 and EphA4EGFP\/EGFP thyroids. In addition, the number of C cells is reduced by &amp;gt;50% exclusively in animals lacking EphA4 forward signaling (EphA4EGFP\/EGFP). Heterozygous EphA4 mutants have no apparent thyroid phenotype. 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