Abnormal sex - Duct development in female moles: The role of anti - Müllerian hormone and testosterone

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 451-458

  Zurita, Federico ^a   Barrionuevo, Francisco J ^a   Berta, Philippe ^b   Ortega, Esperanza ^c   Burgos, Miguel ^a   Jiménez, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone; M llerian duct; Talpa occidentalis; Testosterone; Wolffian duct

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EPIDIDYMIS; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLES; RABBITS; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; TALPA OCCIDENTALIS; WOLFFIA;

EID: 0242299276     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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