Developmental basis of sexually dimorphic digit ratios

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 16289-16294

  Zheng, Ui ^a   Cohn, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Limb development; Sexual dimorphism; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LIMB BUD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FINGERS; HUMANS; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 80053629822     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108312108     Document Type: Article

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