Wolffian duct development

Sexual Development

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 273-280

  Shaw, Geoffrey ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgens; Epididymis; Growth factors; Marsupial; M llerian ducts; Sexual differentiation; Virilisation; Wolffian ducts

Indexed keywords

METATHERIA; WOLFFIA;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN; INHIBIN BETA A SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; WOLFFIAN DUCTS;

EID: 84925297517     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363432     Document Type: Article

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