Estrogen inhibits caudal progression but stimulates proliferation of developing müllerian ducts in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-319

  Dodd, Keela L ^a   Wibbels, Thane ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Hox genes; M llerian ducts; Red eared slider turtle; Reptiles; Temperature dependent sex determination; Trachemys scripta

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPERTROPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TURTLE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44749088071     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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