Testis-like development of gonads in female moles. New insights on mammalian gonad organogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-52

  Barrionuevo, Francisco J ^a   Zurita, Federico ^a   Burgos, Miguel ^a   Jiménez, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Moles; Organogenesis; Ovotestes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; GAMETOCYTE; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGIONALIZATION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SRY GENE; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA; MYOIDA; MYOIDEA; TALPA; TALPA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 1642414038     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.11.025     Document Type: Article

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