Suppressive effect of perinatal testes on the differentiation of fetal ovaries transplanted into adult males in the rat

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-38

  Namba, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamamoto, Masako ^a   Atrishima, Kazuyoshi ^a   Eguchi, Yasunobu ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal ovarian differentiation; Gonads; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; KIDNEY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS; TISSUE INDUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; OVARY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS;

EID: 0030920425     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878297002094     Document Type: Article

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