Androgens and masculinization of genitalia in the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). 1. Urogenital morphology and placental androgen production during fetal life

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-116

  Licht, P ^a   Hayes, T ^a   Tsai, P ^a   Cunha, G ^b   Kim, H ^b   Golbus, M ^b   Hayward, S ^b   Martin, M C ^b   Jaffe, R B ^b   Glickman, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HOMOGENATE; MORPHOLOGY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PLACENTA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; URETHRA; UROGENITAL SINUS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VIRILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENA; WOLFFIA;

EID: 0031829376     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1130105     Document Type: Article

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