Organogenesis of the ovary: A comparative review on vertebrate ovary formation

Organogenesis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 36-41

  Ditewig, Amy C ^a   Yao, Humphrey Hung Chang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogen; Gonad; Ovary; Sex determination; Sry; Testis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN;

ALLIGATOR; BIRD; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIUM; REPTILE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; AVES; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644951367     PISSN: 15476278     EISSN: 15558592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/org.2.2.2491     Document Type: Review

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