Sex determination and gonadal development in mammals

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-28

  Wilhelm, Dagmar ^b   Palmer, Stephen ^b   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FERTILIZATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SRY GENE; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 33846829951     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: 15221210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00009.2006     Document Type: Review

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