Mammalian sex determination: A molecular drama

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 755-767

  Swain, Amanda ^a,b   Lovell Badge, Robin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033118412     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.7.755     Document Type: Review

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