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1. Evaluation of an infant with a variety of congenital abnormalities reveals hypocalcemia due to a lack of parathyroid hormone. On x-ray, the thymic shadow is absent. A failure of development and differentiation of which of the following embryonic structures would most likely be responsible for the observed presentation?
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