The role of Sry in cellular events underlying mammalian sex determination

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-37

  Capel, B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(08)60423-8     Document Type: Review

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