Wolffian duct differentiation by physiological concentrations of androgen delivered systemically

Developmental Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 429-436

  Renfree, Marilyn B ^a   Fenelon, Jane ^a   Wijiyanti, Gratiana ^a   Wilson, Jean D ^b   Shaw, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen imprinting; Androstanediol; Anti M llerian hormone; Genital ducts; Gonadal transplantation; Marsupial; Sexual differentiation; Testosterone; Urogenital system; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; KANGAROO; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PUERPERIUM; SKIN; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; UROGENITAL SINUS; VIRILIZATION;

MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; WOLFFIA;

EID: 70349332453     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.040     Document Type: Article

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