The ovotestis: An underdeveloped organ of evolution

BioEssays

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 642-650

  Davison, Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL TYPE; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; HERMAPHRODITISM; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MALE; OVUM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33745109942     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20424     Document Type: Review

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