Mammalian Sex Determination and Gonad Development

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-121

  Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a   Yang, Jennifer X ^a   Thomas, Paul ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disorders of sexual development; Genital ridge; Gonadogenesis; Ovary; Sex determination; Sex reversal; SRY; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENITAL RIDGE; GONADOGENESIS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; OVARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SRY; TESTIS;

DISORDERS OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; GENITAL RIDGE; GONADOGENESIS; OVARY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX REVERSAL; SRY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; OVARY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TESTIS;

EID: 84888811914     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416021-7.00003-1     Document Type: Chapter

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