Variation in ovarian morphology in four species of New World moles with a peniform clitoris

Reproduction

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 713-719

  Rubenstein, N M ^a   Cunha, G R ^b   Wang, Y Z ^b   Campbell, K L ^c   Conley, A J ^d   Catania, K C ^e   Glickman, S E ^a   Place, Ned J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENUS; HISTOLOGY; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CONDYLURA; CONDYLURA CRISTATA; MAMMALIA; NEUROTRICHUS; SCALOPUS AQUATICUS; SCAPANUS; SCAPANUS LATIMANUS; SCAPANUS ORARIUS; TALPA;

EID: 0346505566     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1260713     Document Type: Article

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