New insights on the morphology of adult mouse penis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1216-1221

  Rodriguez Jr , Esequiel ^a   Weiss, Dana A ^a   Yang, Jennifer H ^b   Menshenina, Julia ^a   Ferretti, Max ^a   Cunha, Tristan J ^a   Barcellos, Dale ^c   Chan, Lok Yun ^c   Risbridger, Gail ^d   Cunha, Gerald R ^a   Baskin, Laurence S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Monte Vista High School   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Differentiation; External genitalia; Male reproductive tract; Os penis; Penile urethra; Penis; Prepuce; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PENIS;

EID: 84855389790     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.091504     Document Type: Article

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