Steroid contents of and steroidogenesis in vitro by the developing gonad and mesonephros around sexual differentiation in fetal sheep

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-139

  Lun, S ^a   Smith, P ^a   Lundy, T ^a   O'Connell, A ^a   Hudson, N ^a   McNatty, K P ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GONAD; MALE; MESONEPHROS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 37849188468     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1140131     Document Type: Article

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