Some introductory papers on liver function and evolution here:
Trefts2017 - The Liver (good overview)
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(17)31183-1
Trefts2017 - The Liver (good overview)
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(17)31183-1