Phenotypic manifestations during the development of the dominant and default gonads in mammals and birds

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 466-471

  Mittwoch, Ursula ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0032145769     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980801)281:5<466::AID-JEZ11>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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