Sex differentiation and mRNA expression of P450c17, P450arom and AMH in gonads of the chicken

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-30

  Nishikimi, Hiromi ^a   Kansaku, Norio ^a,c   Saito, Noboru ^a   Usami, Makoto ^b   Ohno, Yasuo ^b   Shimada, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMH; Chicken embryo; Gonads; MRNA; P450arom; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; FADROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONAD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0033992018     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(200001)55:1<20::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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