Gonadal sex reversal of the developing marsupial ovary in vivo and in vitro

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4057-4063

  Whitworth, Deanne J ^a   Shaw, Geoffrey ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti Mullerian hormone; Germ cell; Gonad culture; Gonad transplantation; Mullerian inhibiting substance; Ovary; Tammar wallaby; Testis

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MITOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVARY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TESTIS;

EID: 0030482260     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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