Do sex chromosomal genes directly induce sexually dimorphic neural development?

Neuroplasticity, Development, and Steroid Hormone Action

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 301-317

  Arnold, Arthur P ^a   Agate, Robert J ^a   Carruth, Laura L ^a   Patel, Megha ^a   Perlman, William ^a   Ramachandran, Baskaran ^a   Xu, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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