Prenatal testosterone and dihydrotestosterone exposure disrupts ovine testicular development

Reproduction

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Bormann, Charles L ^a,b   Smith, Gary D ^a,b   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^a,b   Lee, Theresa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAM (SHEEP); SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

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EID: 79960454706     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0210     Document Type: Article

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