The battle of the sexes: Opposing pathways in sex determination

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 244, Issue , 2002, Pages 187-202

  Yao, Humphrey Hung Chang ^b   Tilmann, Christopher ^b   Zhao, Guang Quan ^a   Capel, Blanche ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMALS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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