Freemartin in the amphibian Pleurodeles waltl: Parabiosis between individuals from opposite sex triggers both germ and somatic cells alterations during female gonad development

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-449

  Dumond, Helene ^a   Maufroid, Jean Pierre ^b   Ko, Chia I ^a   Chardard, Dominique ^a   Chesnel, Amand ^a   Flament, Stephane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Meiosis entry; Ovary; Sex differentiation; Steroid hormones; Testis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEIOSIS; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PARABIOSIS; PLEURODELES WALTL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHIMERISM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERM CELLS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; PARABIOSIS; PLEURODELES; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; PLEURODELES WALTL; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 38949211006     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20750     Document Type: Article

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