Testis-like steroidogenesis in the ovotestis of the European mole, Talpa europaea

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 413-418

  Whitworth, Deanne J ^a,b   Licht, Paul ^a   Racey, Paul A ^c   Glickman, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; VIRILIZATION;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CLITORIS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLES; OVARY; PENIS; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032944184     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.2.413     Document Type: Article

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