Does testosterone diffuse down the wolffian duct during sexual differentiation?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2057-2059

  Tong, Steven Y C ^a   Hutson, John M ^a   Watts, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

fluorescein 5 isothiocyanate; mice; sex differentiation; testosterone; wolffian duct

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FLUORESCENCE; HORMONE TRANSPORT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0029961628     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66107-X     Document Type: Article

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