Masculinization of female mammals: Lessons from nature

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 545, Issue , 2004, Pages 243-253

  Place, Ned J ^a   Glickman, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMININITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONADECTOMY; HYPOSPADIAS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VIRILIZATION;

MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2342592013     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8995-6_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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