GONAD DEVELOPMENT - ASSEMBLING THE MAMMALIAN TESTIS

Authors
MCLAREN A
Citation
A. Mclaren, GONAD DEVELOPMENT - ASSEMBLING THE MAMMALIAN TESTIS, Current biology, 8(5), 1998, pp. 175
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
8
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1998)8:5<175:GD-ATM>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Mammalian primordial germ cells migrate into gonads of either sex indi scriminately and may be functional even across a species barrier; but certain somatic cell lineages are attracted specifically into the male gonad and are absolutely required for the construction of the seminif erous cords of the testis.