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Each cell cluster can express at least one known endocrine hormone, and novel marker genes (<jats:italic>e.g., CD24<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>HSPB1<\/jats:italic> in lactotrophs, <jats:italic>NPBWR2<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>NDRG1<\/jats:italic> in corticotrophs; <jats:italic>DIO2<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>SOUL<\/jats:italic> in thyrotrophs, <jats:italic>C5H11ORF96<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>HPGDS<\/jats:italic> in gonadotrophs) are identified. Interestingly, gonadotrophs were shown to abundantly express five peptide hormones: <jats:italic>FSH, LH, GRP, CART<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>RLN3<\/jats:italic>; (2) four non-endocrine\/secretory cell types, including endothelial cells (expressing <jats:italic>IGFBP7<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>CFD<\/jats:italic>) and folliculo-stellate cells (FS-cells, expressing <jats:italic>S100A6<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>S100A10<\/jats:italic>), were identified in chicken anterior pituitaries. Among them, FS-cells can express many growth factors, peptides (<jats:italic>e.g., WNT5A, HBEGF<\/jats:italic>, Activins, <jats:italic>VEGFC, NPY<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>BMP4<\/jats:italic>), and progenitor\/stem cell-associated genes (<jats:italic>e.g.<\/jats:italic>, Notch signaling components, <jats:italic>CDH1<\/jats:italic>), implying that the FS-cell cluster may act as a paracrine\/autocrine signaling center and enrich pituitary progenitor\/stem cells; (3) sexually dimorphic expression of many genes were identified in most cell clusters, including gonadotrophs and lactotrophs. 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