Ovarian organogenesis in mammals: Mice cannot tell us everything

Sexual Development

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 291-301

  Jimenez, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Gonad regionalisation; Interstitial gland; Mammals; Organogenesis; Ovarian evolution; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77949304854     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000280584     Document Type: Review

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