Age dependent changes in plasma anti-Müllerian hormone concentrations in the bovine male, female, and freemartin from birth to puberty: Relationship between testosterone production and influence on sex differentiation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-44

  Rota, Ada ^a   Ballarin, Cristina ^a   Vigier, Bernard ^b   Cozzi, Bruno ^a   Rey, Rodolfo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone; Bovine freemartin; Intersexuality; Sex differentiation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD LEVEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GONAD; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0037210298     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00514-2     Document Type: Article

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