A new screening model using F1(AWE x WE) Japanese quail embryo for evaluating sex reversal effects

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-252

  Shibuya, Kazumoto ^a   Mizutani, Makoto ^a   Wada, Masaru ^b   Sato, Kazuo ^a   Nunoya, Tetsuo ^a  

^a NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; F1(AWE x WE) Japanese quail embryo; Methyltestosterone; Ovotestis; Screening model; Sex reversal test

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044493894     PISSN: 09149198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1293/tox.17.245     Document Type: Article

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