The role of androgens in development of the scrotum of the grey short-tailed Brazilian opossum (Monodelphis domestica)

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 381-389

  Russell, A J ^a   Gilmore, D P ^a   Mackay, S ^a   Ullmann, S L ^a   Baker, P J ^a   Payne, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Marsupials; Scrotum; Sex differentiation; Testes

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0038028356     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-002-0300-7     Document Type: Article

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