Germ cells, gonads and sex reversal in marsupials

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 557-567

  Renfree, Marilyn B ^a   Shaw, Geoffrey ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Pouch; Scrotum; Sex differentiation; Virilization; Wallaby

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX TRANSFORMATION; VIRILIZATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0035005665     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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