Mullerian duct regression in a marsupial, the tammar wallaby

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-46

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesonephros; Paramesonephric duct; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MESENCHYME; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MULLERIAN DUCTS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031179623     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050078     Document Type: Article

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