Sex determination and gonadal development: A bird's eye view

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 457-465

  Clinton, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL;

EID: 0032145812     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980801)281:5<457::AID-JEZ10>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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