Profiles of gonadal gene expression in the developing bovine embryo

Sexual Development

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 273-283

  Ross, D G F ^a,b   Bowles, J ^a   Hope, M ^b   Lehnert, S ^a   Koopman, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine; Development; Embryo; Genital ridge; Gonad; Sex determination; SRY; Testis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GONAD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENITALIA, MALE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TESTIS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 72049122404     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000252791     Document Type: Article

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