Female gonad of moles, genus Talpa (insectivora, mammalia): Ovary or ovotestis?

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 286, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 745-754

  Beolchini, Francesca ^a   Rebecchi, Lorena ^a   Capanna, Ernesto ^b   Bertolani, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOLE (INSECTIVORA); OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MOLES; OVARY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS;

EID: 0034213202     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(20000601)286:7<745::AID-JEZ9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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